Here’s a look at commercial passenger airplane crashes. For crashes caused by military acts or by terrorism, see Terrorism and War-Related Airplane Crashes Fast Facts. On August 12, 1985, the largest ...

The plane crashes 70 miles northwest of Bangkok ... November 12, 1996 – A midair collision between a Saudi Arabian Airlines 747 and a Kazakhstan Airlines II-76 takes place at the New Delhi ...

The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was one of the last great long-range airliners developed by Boeing before the jet age. The ...

Crew members on board the passenger jet that collided with a Black Hawk helicopter and crashed two weeks ago near Washington, D.C., have been awarded posthumous honors by the regional airline that ...

An American Airlines commuter jet collided with a military helicopter Wednesday evening during a landing approach in Washington, D.C., causing both aircraft to crash into the frigid Potomac River ...

Many of the great airlines which flew the 747 have flown into history, including Pan Am, TWA, Braniff, Northwest and Continental. But while American airlines no longer fly it, the “Queen of the ...