LAREDO, Texas (AP) — Three different models of aircraft crashed in recent days in the U.S., killing 21 people in Missouri, California and Texas and leading to federal investigations into the causes.

A series of aviation incidents has drawn national attention, with crashes involving a small business jet, a skydiving plane and two military jets.

WASHINGTON — The number of major accidents involving military aircraft spiked in 2024, internal Pentagon figures show, and a series of high-profile aviation mishaps with deaths and the loss of ...

Flight data recorders and cockpit voice recorders are nearly indestructible. The recorders are widely referred to as the "black box" and are crucial to aviation accident investigations. Future ...

The pilot and flight instructor had been flying for over two hours, doing air work and making touch-and-go landings at area airports. Returning to the airplane’s base, they were making a final ...

A mammoth military plane on a routine test mission crashed shortly after takeoff Monday in Southern California, killing all eight crew members on board and leaving charred wreckage so mangled it was ...

In 2025, the number of fatal accidents in global air travel rose slightly year-over-year, according to a new report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA). IATA’s annual safety report ...

The fatal airline accident level in 2025 was below the annual average for the last 10 years, but the number of individual fatalities was well above average. The principal reason for the relatively ...