Staff / TruthdigJul 24, 2014
Just a week after the downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 killed 298 people in eastern Ukraine, another passenger jet has apparently crashed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 21, 2014
The site of downed Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 became even more politically fraught Sunday, when pro-Russian separatists reportedly took custody of the remains of some 200 bodies of crash victims and obstructed emergency workers' access to the area. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 17, 2014
At least 100 bodies were found after a jet carrying 280 passengers and 15 crew members crashed in eastern Ukraine in a region where separatist rebels have fought Ukrainian military in recent weeks. The craft was reportedly hit by a missile. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJun 4, 2012
New details are emerging Monday after a plane crash killed at least 153 people in Nigeria over the weekend. All passengers aboard the Dana Air plane were killed, but rescue officials are concerned that more deaths will be reported on the ground. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 4, 2012
An emergency management official says none of the 147 passengers survived after a Dana Air plane flew into a two-story building in the Iju neighborhood of Lagos on Sunday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 13, 2011
Last April's plane crash in Smolensk, Russia, which claimed the lives of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 other passengers, was due to error on the part of the Tu-154's Polish pilots -- or so say Russian investigators, drawing mixed reactions from the Polish side. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 10, 2010
He survived one plane crash already, in 1978, but on Monday night former U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was not so fortunate. He was one of nine people aboard a plane that went down in southern Alaska, and on Tuesday his death was confirmed. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 28, 2010
Heavy seasonal rains contributed to the fatal crash of a Pakistani passenger airplane on Wednesday morning near the country's capital city of Islamabad. Earlier reports that survivors had been found in the wreckage proved not to be true, according to The Washington Post. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJun 20, 2010
Poland's presidential election is finally under way following the death of the country's last president, Lech Kaczynski, in a plane crash two months ago. Acting President Bronislaw Komorowski was the favorite going in, expected to defeat the late president's twin brother, Jaroslaw Kaczynski. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMay 20, 2010
There has been speculation since last month's tragic plane crash that killed Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 96 others that foul play might have brought the Tupolev Tu-154 down on that foggy night of April 10 However, early findings of a joint Polish-Russian probe (continued). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 15, 2010
It's looking like the Polish people will vote for the replacement of their late President Lech Kaczynski, lost in last weekend's plane crash in Russia, on June 20, giving the grieving nation a little extra time to gear up for the election. (continued) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 13, 2010
Throngs of Polish mourners gathered to pay their respects to their late President Lech Kaczynski and his wife, Maria Kaczynska, whose bodies lay in closed coffins in Warsaw's presidential palace Tuesday as the investigation into the plane crash that killed them and 94 others in Smolensk, Russia, continued. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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