Amid a wave of deadly plane crashes making headlines in 2025—including the recent Air India crash that left hundreds dead—many are reflecting on the long history of aviation disasters, especially ...

The Air India plane crash was one of the worst air disasters in aviation history. At least 260 people died, including 19 on the ground, although one passenger miraculously survived the wreck. The ...

Plane travel is statistically one of the safest modes of travel. But when things goes wrong, the results are often disastrous. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg An Air India plane crashed on Thursday, killing all ...

Professional pilots who made fatal mistakes. Governments that covered up the truth. Some air disasters are accidents. Others are something far worse. The reality is more shocking than you think. Find ...

In perhaps one of the worst aviation disasters in history, Air India Flight 171‘s crash resulted in numerous fatalities — among both passengers and locals on the ground. However, one survivor came ...

The destruction of the Hindenburg became one of the most famous disasters in aviation history. But decades later, historians and engineers still debate what truly caused the fire. Assumptions, myths, ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. An Air India crash in Ahmedabad, India, on June 12 has added a tragic ...

The tragic crash of Air India’s AI171 on June 12, which claimed 270 lives in one of the worst airline disasters in recent years, has triggered a crisis of confidence in Indian aviation. India is one ...

In 1998, a commuter plane traveling from Lyon, France to Brittany suddenly explodes in midair and spirals into Quiberon Bay. Follow the unimaginable chain of events that led to this crash and discover ...

The Smithsonian's Feather Identification Lab has one of the largest bird collections in the world and contains more than half a million specimens representing nearly 10,000 species—greater than 80 ...