Air Incidents

Stunt pilot Glenn Collins says he is excited but daunted as he faces "the biggest rehab of my life — going home".

The first recorded bird strike, when a bird collides with an aircraft, was in the United States in 1905 but now they occur almost daily. Last year, Australia recorded the highest number in more than a decade. 

Paramedics are treating a man in his 60s with significant burns to his limbs, face and chest following a light plane crash in central Queensland.

The Indian HAL Tejas, a combat aircraft used in the Indian Air Force, appeared to lose control and dive directly toward the ground just prior to crashing inside the grounds of the airfield.

An investigation into a fatal light plane crash that claimed three lives at an Illawarra Airport has so far found no mechanical faults in the aircraft. 

A preliminary report is released into the fatal crash that killed pilot Paul Smith on the NSW south coast, in which the light plane entered a steep descent less than 90 seconds after eight skydivers jumped out. 

Jake Anastas, 29, died along with two others in a light plane collision last year. Now his memory is being honoured at Sydney Airport.

Three Liberal politicians have been delayed getting to Canberra for climate talks after a Qantas plane was forced to make an urgent landing at Adelaide Airport when crews noticed smoke in the cabin.

Türkiye's defence ministry confirms 20 Turkish soldiers on board were killed in the crash.  

A Melbourne airport runway that had been shortened by more than a kilometre led to two close calls involving commercial flights in September 2023.

The US firms say they are grounding their fleets of McDonnell Douglas MD-11 planes "out of an abundance of caution" after 14 people were killed earlier this week.

The latest preliminary report on an Air India crash that killed 260 people in June does not insinuate anything against the captain, India's top court says.

Virgin Australia says all 180 passengers aboard flight VA454 were able to disembark as normal.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg has confirmed the death toll has risen to at least 12, with several people still missing.

A UPS cargo plane with three people on board crashes after exploding during take-off from Louisville International Airport in the US state of Kentucky.

A passenger who walked from a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner crash that killed his brother soon after take-off tells UK media of the mental and physical anguish he has endured since.

Both aircraft went down while conducting "routine operations", the US Navy said, adding that five personnel were "safe and in stable condition" after the crashes.

Two people in a ground vehicle were killed when a cargo plane skidded off the runway and into the sea at Hong Kong International Airport. 

The flight arriving from Dubai was landing at Hong Kong International Airport when it skidded off the runway, leading to the deaths of two men in a vehicle on the ground, according to police.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says the aircraft likely experienced icing, but it is unsure why the pilot did not attempt recovery actions.