2025 was a turbulent year for aviation, with deadly crashes and fiery incidents, yet Americans took to the skies as air ...

There are few places more unnatural for humans to be than in the air, so plane crashes tend to resonate with a specific, emotional terror. So far this year, there ...

Here’s a selected list of commercial airplane crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism. June 14, 1940 – Soviet bombers shoot down the Kaleva, a Finnish commercial plane traveling from Estonia ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The MD-11 UPS cargo jet that crashed south of the Louisville airport Tuesday was recently on the ground for six weeks, possibly for major maintenance. At least 12 people are dead, ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Seventy years ago, Jacksonville experienced its first commercial airline disaster that claimed the lives of 17 people. News4JAX aviation analyst Ed Booth is not only an expert on ...

Editor's note: Follow USA TODAY's live coverage of the UPS plane crash in Louisville, KY, for Wednesday, Nov. 5. The death toll is likely to grow, Beshear said late Tuesday. He added that first ...

It was, when it happened, the deadliest disaster in the history of commercial aviation. Two airliners — one, from the aging propeller-driven era; the other, at the forefront of the coming jet age — in ...