Tag: Air and space accidents
Search crews work on NZ jet wreckage off France
Search and rescue divers are still at the scene of Friday's Air New Zealand plane crash off the south-east coast of France.[MORE]
Qantas plane lands after steering fault
A Qantas flight from Singapore landed in Brisbane this morning despite problems with its steering system.[MORE]
Flight recorders from fatal Air New Zealand crash found
Searchers have located the flight recorders from an Air New Zealand plane that crashed off France's southern coast, killing two people and leaving five missing.[MORE]
Search resumes for bodies in Air New Zealand crash
French rescue workers have resumed their hunt for the bodies of five people missing after a passenger jet carrying five New Zealanders and two Germans plunged into the Mediterranean. [MORE]
Air NZ crash a tragic loss: PM
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has described the fatal crash of an Air New Zealand plane in France as a tragic loss.[MORE]
Hope fades for NZ plane survivors
French officials say there is no hope of finding survivors in the wreckage of an Air New Zealand plane which crashed into the Mediterranean sea during a test flight.[MORE]
Plane crash victims 'not skylarking'
Members of a recreational flying group says two men killed in a crash south of Perth yesterday were not skylarking. [MORE]
NZ training jet plunges into Med
The French coast guard says seven people are believed to have died when an Air New Zealand Airbus crashed into the Mediterranean during a test flight off the south of France.[MORE]
Plane 'doing stunts' before fatal crash
An aircraft engineer has been called in to help police investigate a fatal plane crash south of Perth.[MORE]
Two dead in light plane crash
Two middle aged men have died in a light plane crash at Hopeland, about 40 kilometres south of Perth.[MORE]
Qantas problems in Alice Springs
The Transport Safety Bureau is investigating another "serious incident" involving a Qantas passenger jet, after a plane nearly stalled while landing in Alice Springs.[MORE]
Skydive plane crash inquest delivers modification warning
The state coroner has recommended that a warning is issued about the risks of modifying a type of light plane involved in a fatal crash west of Brisbane.[MORE]
Experts called in to investigate fatal plane crash
NT police say an autopsy will be able to confirm the identity of the people killed in a plane crash near Pine Creek last week.[MORE]
Smoke sparks midair scare
A plane's airconditioning unit has been blamed for causing a midair drama on a flight from Mount isa to Townsville in north Queensland on Friday night.[MORE]
Plane crash bodies brought to Darwin
The bodies of a pilot and passenger, who died in light plane crash near Pine Creek, have been brought to Darwin.[MORE]
Qantas flight cancelled just before take-off
A Qantas flight from Sydney to New Zealand had to be aborted today minutes before take-off.[MORE]
Detectives probe fatal light plane crash
Major crime detectives are inspecting the scene of a fatal light plane crash near Pine Creek.[MORE]
Sprintcar driver dead in plane crash
The Darwin Speedway Drivers Association says Territory sprintcar driver Mark Grosvenor was one of two people killed when a light plane crashed at an airstrip near Pine Creek yesterday afternoon. [MORE]
Two injured after emergency plane landing
A small plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the Brindabella mountains, south-west of the ACT, this afternoon.[MORE]
Two killed in light plane crash
Northern Territory police say two people have died in a light plane crash at Jindare Station near Pine Creek.[MORE]
Lucky escape for student pilot
A student pilot and his instructor had a lucky escape when their light plane made an emergency landing south-east of Melbourne this afternoon.[MORE]
Chopper crash victim dies
A Victorian man injured in a helicopter crash near Murray Bridge in SA has died.[MORE]
Three hurt in chopper crash
Three men have been injured when a helicopter crashed into powerlines in SA.[MORE]
Brisbane emergency landing under scrutiny
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau says it may launch an investigation after a flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Brisbane last night.[MORE]
Engineers inspect plane after emergency landing
Aircraft engineers are inspecting a plane that had to make an emergency landing in Brisbane tonight. [MORE]
