Vintage biplane lands upside-down at NSW airport

Vintage biplane lands upside-down at NSW airport

A pilot and passenger escaped without significant injuries after a vintage plane crash-landed at Shellharbour Airport.

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Rio Tinto workers killed as plane crashes in Canada’s north-west
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Rio Tinto workers killed as plane crashes in Canada’s north-west

Four passengers and two air crew members died when the small plane went down near Fort Smith during a flight to the company’s Diavik Diamond Mine.

  • byNia Williams
Teen pilot dies in Sydney light plane crash

Teen pilot dies in Sydney light plane crash

The 16-year-old boy was piloting a flight school plane when he crashed into fields near Camden Airport.

  • byJosefine Ganko
Pilot wanted better filming angle before deadly midair collision

Pilot wanted better filming angle before deadly midair collision

Daring midair acrobatics were being filmed when two ex-military jets collided above Port Phillip Bay,sending one plane on a high-speed nosedive into the water and killing two on board.

  • byAlex Crowe
Light plane makes emergency landing on beach south of Sydney

Light plane makes emergency landing on beach south of Sydney

Garie Beach is one of Sydney’s most isolated stretches of sand due to the closure of an access road.

  • byAnthony Segaert
What caused the hole on the Alaska Airlines flight,and what does it mean for Australia?

What caused the hole on the Alaska Airlines flight,and what does it mean for Australia?

The incident in which a panel on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max tore off over the weekend has airlines looking into whether other aircraft might be at risk.

  • byAmelia McGuire
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Pilot praised after passengers walk away from crash on Qld island

Pilot praised after passengers walk away from crash on Qld island

A pilot has been praised for his quick thinking after passengers were able to exit the plane before emergency services arrived after a crash on a far north Queensland island.

  • byFraser Barton
Loose bolts found on 737 Max jets as blown panel turns up in teacher’s garden

Loose bolts found on 737 Max jets as blown panel turns up in teacher’s garden

United Airlines has found loose bolts on multiple 737 Max 9 aircraft – the Boeing model grounded after a cabin panel blew off an Alaska Airlines-operated plane mid-flight.

  • byValerie Insinna andDavid Shepardson
A window blew out of a plane mid-flight. It’s not Boeing’s first 737 problem

A window blew out of a plane mid-flight. It’s not Boeing’s first 737 problem

The episode has raised troubling new questions about the safety of a workhorse aircraft design dogged by years of problems and multiple deadly crashes.

  • byChristopher F. Schuetze andKeith Bradsher
US officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout
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Aviation

US officials order grounding of Boeing 737 Max 9 jetliners after a plane suffers a blowout

An Alaska Airlines plane suffered a blowout that left a gaping hole in the side of the fuselage. The required inspections will affect about 171 planes worldwide.

‘Waiting for it to blow up’:Australian family reveals Japan plane crash terror

‘Waiting for it to blow up’:Australian family reveals Japan plane crash terror

An Australian teenager has described how her family managed to escape from the second last row of a Japan Airlines plane,after it burst into flames on the runway.

  • byJessica McSweeney