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'Wow, Pulled Back on the Wrong Throttle,' Said TransAsia Crash Pilot Seconds Before Impact
Flight safety officials report that the pilot of TransAsia flight GE235 mistakenly switched off the plane's only working engine before it crashed in Taiwan in February, killing 43 people.
Indonesia Air Force Crash That Killed 141 Sparks Investigation Into Paying Passengers
Indonesian authorities are investigating whether the plane violated military rules that prohibit picking up and charging non-military passengers.
Video Shows Plane Carrying a Ton of Cocaine from Venezuela Crashing Near Colombia
Colombia attributed the wreck to motor failure following evasive maneuvers executed by the pilot to avoid its jets, but Venezuela was quick to dispute this account.
VICE News Capsule - Friday, April 17
Human remains found at Malaysia Airlines crash site in Ukraine, Greece is releasing scores of migrants held in detention centers, Chilean students clashed with police during protests over education reform, and hardline Hindus seek a ban on beef in...
The Challenge of Identifying The Dead In a Disaster
After a large-scale disaster, one of the priorities is to identify the corpses, a task that often falls to a disaster-victim-identification expert.
Germanwings Co-Pilot Researched Suicide Methods and Cockpit Doors
French authorities investigating the crash have also retrieved the aircraft's second black box.
The Hangover News
This weekend, two guys convicted of murdering gay men got married in a high-security Yorkshire prison.
Germanwings Co-Pilot Appears to Have Deliberately Crashed Plane, According to French Prosecutor
The prosecutor working on the crash that killed 150 people said that one of the co-pilots appears to have deliberately crashed the plane into the French Alps.
Germanwings Pilot Reportedly Locked Out of Cockpit Before Crash That Killed 150 People
An Airbus A320 aircraft crashed into the French Alps just before 11am on Tuesday with 144 passengers and six crew members on board.
German Plane Crashes in French Alps with 150 People on Board
The Airbus A320 jet, operated by the Germanwings carrier, was carrying 142 passengers and 6 crew members. It was flying from Barcelona, Spain to Düsseldorf, Germany.
In Photos: MH17 Plane Wreckage Displayed for Relatives of Victims
The wreckage, now kept at a Dutch military base as part of an investigation into what and who shot down the plane, is on display for an estimated 500 family members.
Was 2014 a Dangerous Year For Air Travel?
To those following the news it felt like these tragedies must add up to the worst year air travel has possibly ever seen; surprisingly though that this is not at all true.