At least 18 killed in Sudan plane crash
At least 18 killed in Sudan plane crash

A small plane crashed in a remote part of South Sudan, killing at least 18 people on Wednesday, an official said. The flight, chartered by Chinese oil firm Greater Pioneer Operating Co., had 21 people on board, including two pilots, said Gatwech Bipal, the minister of information in the oil-rich...

Brazil hands black box data from crashed plane to Kazakhstan
Brazil hands black box data from crashed plane to Kazakhstan

Brazils air force said Monday it had extracted the data from two black box recorders belonging to a crashed Azerbaijan Airlines plane that Baku claims was downed by Russia on Christmas Day. The Brazilian-made Embraer 190, crash-landed in Kazakhstan after being diverted from a scheduled landing...

Investigators extract data from Jeju Air black box
Investigators extract data from Jeju Air black box

South Korean plane crash investigators have extracted data from one of two black boxes retrieved, reports the Guardian. They extracted that black boxes form Jeju Air Plane that crashed shortly after landing on Sunday, killing all but two of the 181 people aboard. The countrys deputy minister...

South Korea considers special inspection for B737-800 fleet
South Korea considers special inspection for B737-800 fleet

South Korea said Monday it was reviewing plans to conduct a special inspection of all Boeing 737-800s in operation in the country, after 179 people were killed in a Jeju Air crash involving the aircraft. 101 B737-800 series aircraft are currently in operation in South Korea. Consequently, we are...

Azerbaijan plane crashed 'due to physical and technical external interference': airline
Azerbaijan plane crashed 'due to physical and technical external interference': airline

Azerbaijan Airlines said Friday that the preliminary results of an investigation into the plane that crashed in Kazakhstan pointed to physical and technical external interference, amid growing speculation it was hit by a Russian air defence system. Announcing the suspension of flights to 10...

10 members of a family die in Brazil plane crash
10 members of a family die in Brazil plane crash

Ten members of a family died early Sunday when their small plane slammed into a commercial district in the city of Gramado in southernBrazil, civil defense authorities said. Officials had earlier put the death toll at nine. The plane, a Piper Cheyenne 400 turboprop, was being flown by a...