Death toll in Indian plane crash climbs to 270 as search teams find more bodies

AHMEDABAD, India (AP): Search and recovery teams continued scouring the site of one of India’s worst aviation disasters for a third day after the Air India flight fell from the sky and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday. The London-bound Boeing 787 struck a medical college hostel in a residential area of the...

Removal of bodies begins from Brazil plane crash that killed 62

VINHEDO, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazilian civil defense teams worked through the night removing the remains of passengers on a plane that crashed on Friday near Sao Paulo, killing all 62 people on board. At least 21 bodies had been recovered by Saturday morning, Sao Paulo state government said, with two victims identified on site. All the...

No foreign objects in engine parts, says air crash preliminary report

KUALA LUMPUR: There was no evidence of foreign object intake, bird feathers or matter in any of the engine components of the Hawker Beechcraft 390 aircraft that crashed in Selangor on Aug 17. According to the preliminary report by the Transport Ministry's Air Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released on Friday (Sept 15), the fan shroud also...