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A FedEx airplane ran off a runway at Tokyo's Narita airport in Japan and burst into flames Monday, an airport official confirmed.

A Brazilian man stole a single-engine plane and crashed it into the parking lot of a shopping mall, killing himself and his 5-year-old child, Goiania police said Friday.

A faulty altimeter contributed to the crash of a Turkish Airlines jet at Amsterdam’s international airport last week, officials said.

At least three people have died after a small plane crashed in a wooded area in eastern Louisiana, authorities said Saturday.

Engine failure may have been a factor in Wednesday's plane crash at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, Dutch investigators say.

A Turkish Airlines plane with 135 people aboard slammed into a muddy field while attempting to land at Amsterdam's main airport Wednesday. Nine people were killed and more than 50 were injured, many in serious condition, officials said.

AP - Names of people killed in crash of Continental Connection Flight 3407. The names have been provided by employers, relatives or friends.

A federal aviation official says the plane that crashed into a house near Buffalo, killing 50 people, was on autopilot when it went down, a possible violation of airline policy.

The crew of a plane that crashed in New York state killing 50 people noticed "significant ice build-up", investigators say.

A widow of a victim of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the World Trade Center was among those killed in a plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., late Thursday, her sister told a newspaper.