Amid a wave of deadly plane crashes making headlines in 2025—including the recent Air India crash that left hundreds dead—many are reflecting on the long history of aviation disasters, especially ...

A disaster at Manchester Airport that claimed 55 lives was a "pivotal moment in aviation safety", an expert has said. A passenger jet bound for Corfu caught fire on the runway on 22 August 1985, with ...

One of the scariest things that can happen to you is being in an emergency situation while flying. While the absolute majority of pilots can get everything under control and get their passengers to ...

The 1977 collision of two jumbo jets at a tiny airport in the Canary Islands horrified the world. Watch as examiners sift through the evidence to untangle the chain of events that claimed the lives of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about Asian economics and technology news. The tragic crash of Air India’s AI171 on June 12, which claimed 270 lives in ...

In 1998, a commuter plane traveling from Lyon, France to Brittany suddenly explodes in midair and spirals into Quiberon Bay. Follow the unimaginable chain of events that led to this crash and discover ...

The tragic crash of a London-bound Air India aircraft shortly after takeoff from Ahmedabad on Thursday, June 12, has once again cast a harsh light on India’s troubled history with aviation accidents.

The largest air disaster until World War II took place off the East Coast of the United States in 1933, and it did not ...