Getty Images Investigators are examining whether foggy conditions and technical glitches at a San Diego airport that cut off lights meant to guide pilots may have played a role in a fatal plane crash. A Cessna 550 crashed early Thursday into a residential neighbourhood, burning cars and destroying at least one home. Authorities say all…
Several people are believed to have died after a small plane crashed into a residential street in San Diego on Thursday morning. No residents were seriously injured, but there was “more than one fatality” among the passengers on board, Assistant Fire Chief Dan Eddy said. Several homes were destroyed and cars caught fire after the…
Some families of those killed in a Jeju Air plane crash last December have filed a criminal complaint against 15 people, including South Korea’s transport minister and the airline’s CEO, for professional negligence. The 72 bereaved relatives are calling for a more thorough investigation into the crash, which killed 179 of the 181 people on…
Five people have been rescued after spending 36 hours atop a plane in an alligator-infested swamp in the Amazon after it was forced to make an emergency landing, local authorities said. The small plane was found by local fishermen in Bolivia’s Amazonas region on Friday having been missing for 48 hours. The survivors – three…
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., warned Thursday that U.S. markets will “crash” if Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell can be fired by President Donald Trump. The comment from Warren, a frequent Powell critic, on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street” came hours after Trump griped that the Fed chair’s “termination cannot come fast enough!” A senior White…
A private plane carrying six people crashed in an open field in upstate New York on Saturday, killing all on board, authorities say. Among those on board were celebrated former Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) football player Karenna Groff, her parents and her brother, according to a family statement. The US National Transportation Safety Board…
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News Getty Images Four people were pronounced dead at the scene with two others being pronounced dead after being taken to local hospitals The New York Police Department (NYPD) has said a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River and killed all six people onboard. It is very much an active investigation, but…
An “unsecured” penguin in a cardboard box was the cause of a helicopter crash in South Africa, a report into the incident has found. The penguin, which had been placed in the box and on the lap of a passenger, slid off and knocked the pilot’s controls just after take-off from Bird Island off the…
The Nasdaq Marketsite is seen during morning trading on April 7, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Every bear market has days like this. The Nasdaq soared 12% on Wednesday, the second-best day on record for the tech-heavy index and its sharpest rally since January 2001, which was the middle…
A faulty radio antenna contributed to a deadly mid-air helicopter collision at an Australian theme park and resort, transport safety officials say. Four people died – including two British tourists – and several more were seriously injured when the two aircraft hit each other in January 2023, near Sea World on the Gold Coast. An…
