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Indonesian navy divers retrieve black box of crashed plane

Kyodo News
Posted at Jan 12 10:39 PM

Indonesian navy divers on Tuesday retrieved one of the black boxes of a B-737-500 jetliner that crashed into the sea off Jakarta on Saturday with 62 people aboard, the country's military chief announced. Read more »

Indonesia's Sriwijaya flew old planes, took neglected routes to become No. 3 carrier

Jamie Freed and Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Reuters
Posted at Jan 12 02:30 PM

Starting with just 1 plane in 2003, Indonesia's Sriwijaya Air has become the country's number 3 airline group, aided by its strategy of acquiring old planes at cheap prices and serving routes neglected by competitors. Read more »

Indonesia locates black box recorders from crashed plane

Dessy Sagita, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 11:47 AM

Body parts, twisted wreckage and clothing were plucked from waters off the Indonesian capital Monday after a passenger jet with 62 people aboard crashed shortly after take-off a day earlier. Read more »

Indonesia's deadliest air crashes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 10 04:24 PM

The crash of a Sriwijaya Air Boeing 737-500 about four minutes after it took off from Jakarta Saturday is the latest in a series of air accidents to rock Indonesia. Read more »

Search and rescue for Indonesian passenger plane

Adek Berry, AFP
Posted at Jan 10 12:04 PM

Indonesian Navy divers hold wreckage from Sriwijaya Air flight SJY182 during a search and rescue operation at sea near Lancang island on Sunday. Read more »

Indonesia locates black boxes of crashed jet as body parts recovered

Nilufar Rizki and Yuddy Cahya Budiman, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 10 08:58 PM

(UPDATE) Indonesian authorities on Sunday located the black boxes of the Sriwijaya Air jet that crashed into the sea soon after taking off from the capital Jakarta, as human body parts and pieces of the plane were retrieved. Read more »

Air India Express jet crashes on landing

Arunchandra Bose, AFP
Posted at Aug 08 01:00 PM

Security personnel stand in front of the wreckage from an Air India Express jet, which was carrying more than 190 passengers and crew from Dubai, after it crashed at Calicut International Airport in Karipur, Kerala, early on Saturday. Read more »

At least 16 dead as India airliner crashes on landing

Aishwarya Kumar and Bhuvan Bagga, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Aug 08 02:38 AM

At least 16 people were killed Friday when a passenger jet overshot and skidded off the runway as it landed in southern India, breaking into two pieces, officials said. Read more »

Small plane crashes off Zamboanga City coast

RJ Rosalado, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Jul 07 03:52 PM

ZAMBOANGA CITY (UPDATE) – A small chartered plane made a crash landing in waters off the village of Sinunuc on Tuesday morning after encountering engine failure, the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines has confirmed. Read more »

Eight feared killed when two planes collide in Idaho

Reuters
Posted at Jul 06 04:08 PM

Two bodies were recovered and six other people are believed to have been killed when two planes collided in the air and crashed into the Coeur d'Alene Lake in Idaho, local police said late on Sunday. Read more »

Report blames human error for Pakistan plane crash that killed 97

Zain Zaman Janjua and Sajjad Tarakzai, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jun 24 06:39 PM

The pilots had been discussing the coronavirus pandemic as they attempted to land the Airbus A320. Read more »

Cockpit voice recorder found in debris of Pakistan crash

Asif Shahzad and Tim Hepher, Reuters
Posted at May 28 07:01 PM

ISLAMABAD - Search teams on Thursday recovered the cockpit voice recorder from the wreckage of a Pakistani airliner that crashed into a city neighbourhood last week killing 97 people on board, a spokesman for the airline said.   Read more »

Survivor recalls horror of Pakistan plane crash that killed 97

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 03:54 PM

KARACHI, Pakistan - One of the two people to survive a plane crash in Pakistan that killed 97 people has described jumping from the burning wreckage of the aircraft after it hurtled into a residential neighborhood. Read more »

97 dead, 2 survivors from Pakistan plane crash: health ministry

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 10:45 AM

The bodies of the passengers and crew killed had been recovered from the site near the city's airport, the Sindh Health Ministry said. Read more »

40 bodies recovered, dozens more feared dead in Pakistan plane crash

Ashraf Khan, Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 23 03:04 AM

At least 40 dead bodies have been recovered after a Pakistani plane crashed with nearly 100 people on board in the southern city of Karachi on Friday, according to rescue officials, with dozens more feared dead.   Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: May 22, 2020

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 23 12:37 AM

Here are the big stories today in photos. Read more »

Pakistan International Airlines plane crashes in Karachi

Fareed Khan, AP
Posted at May 22 08:44 PM

Fire brigade staff try to put out a fire caused by a plane crash in Karachi, Pakistan on Friday. Read more »

Plane crashes in Pakistan, many feared dead

Reuters and Associated Press
Updated as of May 22 10:48 PM

A passenger plane of state-run Pakistan International Airlines with over 100 passengers and crew crashed near Karachi in southern Pakistan Friday, officials said. Read more »

Palace calls for stricter safety measures for aircraft after Lionair incident

Arianne Merez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 30 03:47 PM

Malacañang on Monday called for stricter security and safety measures for aircraft after a medical evacuation plane caught fire in the country's main airport, leaving 8 people dead.   Read more »

'He fought like a hero': Young doctor among 8 killed in ill-fated medical flight

Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Mar 30 07:15 PM

A young doctor was among the 8 people who lost their lives when a Japan-bound plane erupted in flames during takeoff at the Manila airport this weekend, his sister said.  Read more »