Air Incidents

An Australian passenger aboard a flight from Brisbane to Hong Kong says he thought he was going to die after the aircraft suddenly plunged mid-air.

France's national airline Air France and Airbus have both been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter over a 2009 crash that killed 228 people.

A traveller has been released without charge after four hours in police custody after a security scare at the airport early this morning.

Two fighter jets have collided mid-air during an air show at a US Air Force base, forcing pilots to eject and parachute to safety. 

A person who jumped a fence at a US airport has been killed after being struck by a Frontier Airlines plane during take-off.

An ATSB investigation into a fatal helicopter crash found the pilot was flying after sunset without the correct qualifications or equipment, prompting new safety procedures at the remote cattle station where he was working.

The C-27J Spartan aircraft took off from Darwin, and the ABC understood it was heading towards Brisbane and near Longreach when personnel observed "signs of smoke" onboard. 

The ATSB said the plane had been doing circuit training at the airport, but it's not yet known if structured training was underway when it crashed.

Investigations are underway into a light plane crash at an airport in Adelaide's north that claimed two lives and injured 10 others.

A pilot and a passenger die in a plane crash at Parafield Airport in Adelaide's north, which also caused injuries to several other people on the ground — including one with life-threatening burns.

Smoke from a small plane crash at Parafield Airport in Adelaide's north.

A small plane has crashed into a hangar causing a fire at Parafield Airport in Adelaide's north.

The Australian Transport Safety Bureau is investigating a fatal helicopter crash, south of Jericho in western Queensland.

A Southern Mallee Potato company has been convicted and fined $360,000 after a plane propeller struck an employee's arm, leaving him with multiple injuries, including partial finger amputations. 

A man who was trapped in a lightweight aircraft that crashed in the NSW Southern Highlands has been taken to hospital in a critical condition.

In the aftermath of a 2019 helicopter crash in Kakadu National Park, Fred Hunter lay on the ground covered in blood and fuel, when he felt something biting his leg. On the 20th anniversary of CareFlight, Mr Hunter recounts his dramatic rescue by the service.

After an American fighter jet was shot down in a mountainous area of Iran, the US military pulled off an incredible rescue of two airmen, living up to its credo of "no man left behind", despite running into difficulty.

A 53-year-old man, the sole occupant of the aircraft, escaped injury after his plane came down at Albion Park Rail.

The cause of a plane crash in the Gulf of Carpentaria earlier this year was due to the pilot, found dead in a crocodile infested floodwaters, hitting a tree.

Michael Rousseau sparked controversy for addressing a deadly crash in an English-only video with French subtitles.