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Pilot of crash plane was locked out of cockpit: report
A pilot of the plane that crashed in the French Alps left the cockpit before the fateful descent and was left trying to smash the door down but still failed to get back in.
26 March 2015
Kazakh family of three dies in French Alps plane crash
A family of three from Kazakhstan was among the victims of the plane crash in the French Alps.
26 March 2015
Kazakhstan says at least three citizens killed in Germanwings crash
The Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan said at least three of its citizens died in the Germanwings airliner crash in the French Alps.
25 March 2015
German town mourns 16 teens killed in France air crash
A German town mourned 16 teenagers who were among the 150 people killed in a plane crash in the French Alps as they returned from a school exchange in Spain.
25 March 2015
Opera singers among French Alps air crash victims: theatre
Two star opera singers, one of them accompanied by her baby, were among 150 people killed in the German airliner that crashed in the French Alps.
25 March 2015
AirAsia families accept 'sad reality' as search ends
An Indonesian whose daughter-in-law is among 56 people unaccounted for following the December crash of an AirAsia plane said his family had accepted the "sad reality".
18 March 2015
AirAsia 'not giving up' but hunt for bodies drawing to close
AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes said he was not giving up on finding more bodies from one of the airline's jets that crashed in the Java Sea.
12 March 2015
Passengers injured in Swiss train crash
Two trains slammed into each other near the Swiss city of Zurich on Friday, tipping over carriages and injuring at least five people, one seriously.
20 February 2015
Chinese MH370 relatives protest at Malaysia PM's office
Chinese relatives of MH370 passengers gathered outside the Malaysian prime minister's office to demand his government rescind its declaration.
18 February 2015
10 dead in road accident in Kazakhstan
A bus has overturned in Zhambyl Oblast, killing 10 passengers.
11 February 2015
Taiwan pays homage to TransAsia plane crash victims
Flags across Taiwan flew at half mast to pay homage to the 40 people killed in a TransAsia plane crash last week.
10 February 2015
Divers may have found crashed AirAsia co-pilot's body
Indonesian divers have found a body believed to be the French co-pilot who was steering an AirAsia plane when it crashed in December with 162 people onboard.
07 February 2015
TransAsia starts pilot retraining after deadly crash
TransAsia Airways started the first day of a programme to retrain its pilots after its second deadly crash in seven months.
07 February 2015
Taiwan 'hero' pilot found clutching joystick of crashed plane
The pilot of the crashed TransAsia plane was still clutching the joystick when his body was found in the cockpit, after he battled to avoid populated area.
06 February 2015
Sole survivor in Kazakhstan's plane crash undergoes five surgeries
The only survivor in the AN-2 plane crash in Zhambyl Oblast, Kazakhstan, Asem Shayakhmetova has had five surgeries from on January 27-29, 2015.
31 January 2015
Brother of sole survivor on details of plane crash in Zhambyl Oblast
Azamat Shayakhmetov, a brother of the only survivor in the crash of the AN-2 in Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Oblast, has shared the details of the crash that he learned from his sister.
26 January 2015
Video from plane crash site in Kazakhstan published on the Internet
An exclusive video depicts the scene of the Zhumbyl Oblast plane crash site in Kazakhstan several hours after the tragedy.
26 January 2015
Kazakhstan plane crash survivor called rescue team to crash site: father's account
The father of the sole survivor of the Zhambyl Oblast An-2 plane crash speaks about his daughter's ordeal.
25 January 2015
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