An Indonesian military plane has crashed, killing at least 97 people. As Daniel Schearf reports from The military transport plane crashed into homes near an air force base Wednesday morning as it was coming in for a landing. Over one …
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Italian earthquake: deathtoll reaches 228 as aftershock slows rescue
The death toll from the Abruzzo earthquake reached 228 last night as a series of strong aftershocks continued to rattle through the region. A tremor of 5.6 magnitude spread more panic yesterday evening in L’Aquila, a city once home to …
Man abandoned plane before crash
MILTON, Fla. (AP) — Police searched Monday for an Indiana pilot who claimed in an emergency call that his windshield had shattered, then apparently parachuted out of his small plane, leaving it on auto pilot until it crashed in Florida. …
Plane crash survivor in stable condition
The 38-year-old pilot of a Christmas Eve light plane crash in Northern New south Wales is recovering in hospital. The wreckage of the single-engine Cessna was found on Christmas Day, upside down in trees north-west of Merriwa in the Great …
Two more victims of DIA plane crash released from hospital
Two more people injured in last Saturday’s plane crash at Denver International Airport have been released from the hospital, officials said today. Among those released was the pilot of the Continental jet that veered off the runway, slid nearly half …