All news on the topic: Planes

A rescue operation has been launched to find locate a pilot, whose fate is unknown, following the horror crash in front of spectators at the Patrouille de France air show

A plane carrying Malawi’s Vice President Saulos Chilima and nine other people has gone missing after it failed to make a scheduled landing on Monday, according to the presidential office.

Several Dutch outlets have said the victim may have been an airport worker involved in a takeoff manoeuvre

A Tui flight from Newcastle to Cape Verde was forced into making an emergency landing "as a precaution" after a bird strike shortly after take off

Witnesses at London Heathrow Airport said a tug was pushing back a Virgin Atlantic plane when its wing collided with the tail of a nearby British Airways aircraft

An autopsy of mum-of-two Stefanie Smith, 41, has revealed the 'tragic medical event' behind her death after she mysteriously died on her flight home for a five-star holiday

Liliana Gearap, a Boeing 737 First Officer at TAROM, has explained what pilots do when a plane is about to crash - an event she stressed was very, very unlikely to happen

A man has been slammed for stealing a child's plane seat on a flight from Jamaica to America because he 'wanted to look out of the window' — and claims she wasn't using the seat properly anyway

John Barnett, 62, was giving evidence in a lawsuit against Boeing and was due to undergo further questioning on Saturday, but was found dead in his truck with a gunshot wound

A plane is the one place no one wants to start to feel unwell, but flight attendants are prepared for pretty much any situation - so what happens if a passenger dies mid-flight?

The Russian Defence Ministry said the Il-76 aircraft with 15 people - eight crew and seven passengers - on board crashed in the Ivanovo regiont, northeast of Moscow

A woman has shared her frustration after she had to battle with the child in front of her on a recent plane journey because they kept trying to close her window

A flight attendant has shared some of the habits that passengers should be avoiding on flights - and turns out blowing your nose is definitely one of them

A cabin crew member was filmed holding shut the emergency exit on a plane readying for take off after a person - said to be drunk - attempted to open it, before being moved

Former flight attendant Lisa Hughes has explained what cabin crew members and pilots do when a passenger loses their life while aboard a flying commercial plane

An inbound flight from Sydney, Australia, to Auckland, New Zealand, has left at least 50 people injured, one serious, after the plane made a "sudden movement"

The Batik Air plane in Indonesia went off track after both the pilot and the co-pilot fell asleep for nearly half an hour, potentially putting the 153 passengers onboard at risk

There are several theories about what happened to Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in 2014, but the plane's fate remains unknown to this day and families are still looking for answers

Liliana Gearap, a Boeing 737 First Officer at TAROM, has spoken of the trials and tribulations of being a commercial aircraft pilot on International Women's Day

Henny Lim, an air hostess with the Philippines-based airline Cebu Pacific, has explained why there is nothing to be worried about when you spot small holes in plane windows

A flight attendant has shared that it might not always be the best idea to accept food on long haul flights just because it's offered to you - and you should think about eating before you go

Lauren Beaumont-Capps and another passenger 'started causing commotion' and 'shouted' at cabin crew on a Jet2 plane which landed 30 minutes late, Manchester Magistrates' Court heard

Travel experts have revealed some of the effects that long-haul flights can have on the human body including your heart, stomach, and brain - and what you can do to combat them

Douglas Lazickirk was on a Jetstar flight from Sydney to Seoul, South Korea on Sunday when he approached a flight attendant and asked to borrow a pen to fill in a form

A woman branded a woman as 'entitled' because she was rocking her baby for a six-hour flight - but others were left wondering why she didn't approach the mum and ask her to stop