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Dutch to collect more remains from MH17 Ukraine crash
A Dutch team is to return to the MH17 crash site in war-torn Ukraine to collect more remains of the 298 people killed when the Malaysia Airlines Boeing crashed.
24 January 2015
Sole survivor undergoes surgeries as new details of plane crash in Kazakhstan emerge
The only survivor of the plane crash in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast Asem Shayakhmetova is undergoing surgeries to her lower limbs, while the CEO of air company whose plane crashed speaks to the journalists.
22 January 2015
Australia calls for MH370 recovery tenders as search goes on
The Australian agency leading the search for missing airliner MH370 is calling for expressions of interest for the recovery of the Malaysian jet, if it is found.
22 January 2015
Sole survivor in Zhambyl Oblast plane crash regains consciousness
The only survivor in Zhambyl Oblast plane crash has now regained consciousness. Her condition is severe but stable.
22 January 2015
AirAsia jet's alarms 'screaming' before crash: investigator
Warning alarms in AirAsia flight QZ8501 were "screaming" as the pilots desperately tried to stabilise the plane just before it plunged into the Java Sea last monthю
21 January 2015
Airplane crash in Kazakhstan: 6 dead, 1 injured
AN-2 airplane of Kazakhmys company has crashed in southern Kazakhstan; six people killed, one - severely injured.
21 January 2015
Divers make fresh bid to reach AirAsia jet main body
Indonesian divers made a fresh attempt to reach the main body of an AirAsia plane that crashed in the sea last month with 162 people on board.
16 January 2015
Cockpit voice recorder recovered from crashed AirAsia jet: official
The cockpit voice recorder from the AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea last month carrying 162 people was recovered and taken to an Indonesian navy ship.
13 January 2015
Tail of crashed AirAsia lifted from seabed
The tail of an AirAsia plane that crashed into the Java Sea was lifted to the surface using floating balloons, but apparently without the crucial black box recorders
10 January 2015
World powers jostle for influence in AirAsia plane hunt
US and Chinese warships have rushed to help Indonesia search for a crashed AirAsia plane.
09 January 2015
Dutch probe secret service role ahead of MH17 crash
The Netherlands wants to know whether its intelligence services warned airlines of danger about flying over war-torn Ukraine prior to the downing of flight MH17.
07 January 2015
Divers go down to AirAsia wreckage as weather clears
Indonesian search officials sent divers down to the bed of the Java Sea during a break in bad weather in hopes of recovering more bodies.
06 January 2015
Ice likely caused AirAsia crash, Indonesia agency says
Weather was the "triggering factor" in the crash of AirAsia Flight 8501 with icing likely causing engine damage, Indonesian officials said.
05 January 2015
AirAsia boss says latest flight incident 'not stalled engine'
AirAsia downplayed an incident that saw one of its planes turned back before takeoff in Indonesia, a week after another of its jets crashed into the Java Sea with 162 on board.
05 January 2015
'Two big parts' of AirAsia plane found: search chief
Recovery teams have found two big parts of AirAsia Flight 8501, which crashed into the sea last weekend with 162 people on board.
03 January 2015
Doomed AirAsia flight schedule unauthorised: Indonesia
The AirAsia plane that crashed last weekend was flying on an unauthorised schedule, Indonesia's transport ministry said Saturday.
03 January 2015
MH17 remains arrive in Netherlands from Ukraine
Six more coffins carrying body parts of victims from downed Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 arrived in the Netherlands from Ukraine.
29 November 2014
Heads roll in Russia as more details emerge of Total crash
Top Russian airport officials quit as more employees were detained over the Moscow plane crash that killed the CEO of French oil giant Total.
24 October 2014
Total names new head, and chairman after CEO death: union
Total named Patrick Pouyanne, currently head of refining and chemicals, as its new chief executive while former CEO Thierry Desmarest was appointed chairman.
22 October 2014
Snowplough driver in Moscow crash says on runway by mistake
The driver of the snowplough that blocked the take-off of a private plane at a Moscow airport, said he drove onto the runway after losing his bearings.
22 October 2014