CNN — This is a list of prominent American politicians killed in plane crashes. May 1, 1928 – New York Rep. Thaddeus C. Sweet (R). Sweet is killed…
Read more US Politician Plane Fatalities Fast Facts | CNNCNN — An off-duty pilot who was riding in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines flight en route to San Francisco on Sunday is facing dozens of attempted…
Read more What we know about the off-duty Alaska Airlines pilot accused of trying to shut off a plane’s engines mid-flight | CNNCNN — Two pilots were killed when their planes collided Sunday during the National Championship Air Races and Air Show in Reno, Nevada, organizers of the event said.…
Read more Two pilots were killed in a collision at a Reno air show | CNNWashington CNN — Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., the husband of Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, has died in a plane crash in Alaska, according to a statement from the…
Read more Husband of Alaska Rep. Mary Peltola dies in plane crash | CNN PoliticsCNN — A Broward County, Florida, sheriff’s fire rescue helicopter crashed into an apartment complex Monday morning, leaving two people dead and two others injured. Authorities identified the…
Read more 2 dead, 2 injured from fire rescue helicopter crash in Pompano Beach, Florida | CNNCNN — Russian President Vladimir Putin made his first public comments Thursday on the plane crash believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, saying the Wagner leader had made…
Read more Putin sends condolences to Wagner chief Prigozhin’s family after crash | CNNCNN — The remains of four people aboard an Alaska Department of Natural Resources helicopter that crashed last week were recovered Sunday morning from the wreckage sight in…
Read more Remains of employees and pilot recovered after helicopter crash in Alaska, officials say | CNNCNN — Six people have died in a helicopter crash in Nepal, a spokesperson for Kathmandu’s Tribhuvan International Airport said Tuesday. The Manang Air helicopter was carrying five…
Read more Six killed in Nepal helicopter crash near Mount Everest | CNNCNN — When four young indigenous children were found last week after 40 days in the Colombian Amazon jungle, their rescuers noticed that the oldest, 13-year-old Lesly Jacobombaire…
Read more ‘Fruits, seeds and water’ were pivotal in keeping four children alive in the Amazon rainforest | CNNCNN — Four young children have been found alive after more than a month wandering the Amazon where they survived like “children of the jungle,” according to Colombia’s…
Read more Missing children found after 40 days in Amazon survived like ‘children of the jungle,’ Colombian president says | CNNCNN — US F-16 fighter jets caused a sonic boom across the Washington, DC, region Sunday as they scrambled to reach an unresponsive aircraft that ultimately crashed in…
Read more US fighter jets responded to an aircraft with an unresponsive pilot near DC. The aircraft ultimately crashed in Virginia | CNNCNN — One month after four children vanished into the Colombian Amazon, a preliminary report by the country’s Civil Aviation Authority offers clues to how they could have…
Read more How could four children survive a plane crash in the Amazon? A new report offers clues | CNNCNN — The chief of staff of the US Army has grounded all Army aviators not involved in critical missions following two recent helicopter crashes that left 12…
Read more US Army orders aviation safety stand down following deadly helicopter crashes | CNN PoliticsCNN — Three soldiers were killed and another was injured when two AH-64 Apache helicopters collided Thursday as they were flying back from a military training flight near…
Read more 3 soldiers dead, 1 injured after Army Apache helicopters collide midair while returning from a training flight in Alaska | CNNTokyo CNN — Rescuers are scanning waters off southern Japan for 10 people on board a Japanese military helicopter that apparently crashed into the sea on Thursday, Defense…
Read more Japanese military helicopter crashes in sea with 10 on board | CNNCNN — Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said Wednesday there has been an “uptick” in recent aviation incidents and called on participants at a Federal Aviation Administration safety…
Read more Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg cites ‘uptick’ in aviation incidents at FAA safety summit reviewing ‘serious close calls’ | CNNA version of this story appeared in CNN’s What Matters newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. CNN — There have been six…
Read more What’s going on with all the runway close calls | CNN PoliticsSeoul, South Korea CNN — When a Chinese high-altitude balloon suspected of spying was spotted over the United States recently, the US Air Force responded by sending up…
Read more When China shot down five U-2 spy planes at the height of the Cold War | CNNCNN — A Lufthansa flight traveling from Texas to Germany was diverted to Virginia’s Washington Dulles International Airport on Wednesday evening because of turbulence that left some passengers…
Read more Lufthansa flight diverts to Virginia after ‘significant turbulence,’ and 7 people are transported to hospitals | CNNCNN — Air traffic controllers stopped a departing private jet from running into a JetBlue flight as it was coming in to land Monday night in Boston, according…
Read more FAA is investigating a close call between 2 aircraft at Boston Logan | CNN
