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‘Brutal’: Twelve people killed in Missouri skydiving plane crash
First responders checked the area under the flight path and did not find anyone who might have tried to jump out before the crash, authorities said.
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This helicopter dropped from the sky. A report says there was nothing wrong with it
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau has released a preliminary report into the fatal Western Queensland crash in April.
- Julius Dennis
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Two US Navy jets collide during air show at military base
Videos posted online by spectators showed four parachutes opening in the sky as the aircraft plummet to the ground near the Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho.
- Rebecca Boone
Person dies after being hit by aircraft taking off in US
The incident sparked an engine fire and forced passengers to evacuate down emergency slides onto the runway.
- Michael Casey
United Airlines jet just avoids ‘catastrophe’ after hitting a bakery truck and pole while landing
The driver of a bakery truck had a miraculous escape after his vehicle was struck by a United Airlines plane coming in to land at New Jersey’s international airport.
- Josh Funk
Danger in the air: Fume events haunt flight crew
Flight attendants, pilots, even passengers have been affected by neurotoxins in the air supply of commercial jet aircraft. They’re calling for change.
- Chris Zappone
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A fiery air crash, a face-eating fungus and minutes from death in the Top End: How The Alfred’s doctors saved this US marine
In a series of world firsts, The Alfred’s team saved the life of US marine Travis Reyes, critically injured in a deadly aircraft crash in remote NT.
- Grant McArthur
Inside the race to save a dying US marine
In a series of world firsts, The Alfred’s doctors saved the life of Travis Reyes, struck by a face-eating fungus and failing organs after he survived a deadly air crash in remote NT.
- Pablo Barnes and Margaret Gordon
Pilot dies in Western Queensland chopper crash
The aircraft went down about 1000 kilometres north-west of Brisbane on monday morning.
- Julius Dennis
Air Canada jet crashes on LaGuardia runway
A firetruck responding to a different emergency drives in front of a landing Air Canada jet causes a collision resulting in the death of the pilot and co-pilot.