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Fresh out of reconstruction with cracks and dents: Uralsk landing strip Landing strip in Uralsk Airport has just passed the first stage of reconstruction. But after a few months it already has cracks and dents. Who is to blame? Is there anyone to blame at all?

21 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

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

Chinese relatives protest in Malaysia over MH370 Chinese relatives of those on board missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 protested outside the carrier's office.

12 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

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

Philippine plane following Pope Francis overshoots runway A plane carrying top aides of Philippine President overshot a runway in stormy weather, shortly after Pope Francis's plane took off from the same airport.

17 January 2015

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