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Russia mourns victims of crashed Egypt plane
The flight had been bringing holidaymakers back to Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city, when it disappeared off radar screens while over the Sinai peninsula.
02 November 2015
Investigators probe deadly Russian plane crash in Egypt
International investigators have begun probing why a Russian airliner carrying 224 people crashed in a mountainous area of Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing everyone on board in one of the deadliest Airbus incidents of the past decade.
01 November 2015
Helicopter crashes in Libya with 23 on board: official
A helicopter with 23 people on board crashed Tuesday near the Libyan capital but the cause was unclear, a security official said.
28 October 2015
At least 42 dead in French pensioners coach crash
At least 42 people, most of them elderly, were killed when a coach collided with a lorry and caught fire in southwest France, in the country's worst road accident for three decades.
23 October 2015
Ukraine PM blames MH17 downing on Russian security service
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk blamed Russia's security service for last year's downing of the MH17 airliner over pro-Kremlin separatist territory in the east of the ex-Soviet state.
13 October 2015
Seattle bus crash victims identified, families flown in
Investigators combed through the wreckage of two buses that crashed in Seattle, as authorities released the names of the four foreign students who died in the accident.
26 September 2015
Germanwings, Lufthansa heads remember France crash victims
The heads of the firm and parent company Lufthansa gathered near the crash scene to remember victims in France.
25 September 2015
Mecca crane collapse highlights city's development boom
The deadly collapse of a construction crane in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca has highlighted the controversial pace of high-end urban development in the birthplace of Islam.
14 September 2015
France confirms wing part found on Reunion is from MH370
French prosecutors confirmed Thursday that a wing part found on a remote Indian Ocean island was from ill-fated Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
04 September 2015
Jenner could face manslaughter charge over US car crash
Transgender Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner could face misdemeanor manslaughter charges over a deadly car crash in February when Los Angeles police reveal the results of an investigation into the accident next week.
21 August 2015
France calls off search for MH370 wreckage off Reunion
France said it was calling off the hunt for wreckage from missing flight MH370 after 10 days of air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion yielded no results.
18 August 2015
Indonesian plane searching for missing aircraft spots debris: official
A plane searching for an Indonesian passenger aircraft that went missing in the remote eastern province of Papua with 54 people on board at the weekend on Monday spotted debris.
17 August 2015
France to conduct MH370 searches off Reunion until Monday
France will conduct air and sea searches off its Indian Ocean territory of Reunion until the start of next week for debris from missing flight MH370.
13 August 2015
18-y.o. girl from Kazakhstan killed in bus crash in Turkey
18-year-old girl from Kazakhstan Aida Sarabayeva was killed in a resent traffic accident on the road from Pamukkale to Antalya.
10 August 2015
MH370 investigators meet in France ahead of wing analysis
Malaysian aviation experts met French officials to coordinate the investigation into missing flight MH370, days after the discovery of a washed-up plane part offered fresh hopes of solving the mystery.
04 August 2015
Bin Laden relatives killed in UK plane crash
Members of Osama Bin Laden's family were among the victims in the crash of a private jet in Britain.
01 August 2015
As first anniversary looms, MH17 families demand justice
Families of those killed when Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down over Ukraine last year demanded justice at an emotional memorial ceremony.
11 July 2015
Death toll from Pakistan train accident rises to 17: army
The death toll from a Pakistan rail accident has risen to 17, the army said Friday, the day after a special military train fell into a canal when a bridge partially collapsed.
03 July 2015
20 dead after Indonesian military plane crashes in flames
An Indonesian air force transport plane crashed shortly after take-off, exploding in a fireball in a city residential area and killing at least 20 people.
30 June 2015