The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jet airliner — a 1949 British marvel that promised faster, higher, more comfortable air travel. Then in early 1954, two of them broke apart in ...

This article was published more than 11 years ago. Some information may no longer be current. As of July 23, this year became the deadliest since 2010. (For the purposes of this comparison, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Jeju Air Boeing 737-800 plane collided with a barrier before erupting in flames at the Muan International Airport. The flight ...

(CNN) — Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the ...

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Today marks the 82nd anniversary of what was at the time the worst aviation disaster in Canadian history. A DC-3 called the Flagship Erie, en route from Buffalo to Detroit, crashed in a field near ...

A Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 disappeared from air traffic control screens over waters between Malaysia and Vietnam early Saturday morning, leaving the fates of the 239 people aboard in doubt. A look ...