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They'd Just Tied the Knot. After the Celebration, a Doomed Flight

Arash Pourzarabi, Pouneh Gorji had flown to Iran from Canada to get married

(Newser) - Among the 176 people killed when Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 crashed after taking off from Tehran, 63 of them were Canadians , and among that smaller group was a couple who'd just gotten married days before, CNN reports. "They were basically the kindest souls that I know, honestly,...

Report: Video Shows Missile Hit Ukrainian Plane
Report: Video Shows Missile
Hit Ukrainian Plane
THE RUNDOWN
Jan 10, 2020 6:53 AM CST

Report: Video Shows Missile Hit Ukrainian Plane

Iran denies Flight 752 was shot down

(Newser) - Video shows that it was a missile, not mechanical failure, that brought down Ukrainian International Airlines Flight 752 near Tehran on Wednesday, according to the New York Times . The video shows what is believed to be the moment an Iranian anti-aircraft missile hit the passenger plane. The video shows that...

US Now Thinks Iran Shot Down Passenger Jet
Trump: Iran May Have
Mistakenly Shot Down Jet
UPDATED
Jan 9, 2020 12:13 PM CST

Trump: Iran May Have Mistakenly Shot Down Jet

'I have my suspicions,' he says

(Newser) - Ukraine has its doubts about Iran's explanation that a mechanical failure brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran this week. Now, the US does, too. The AP quotes two anonymous US officials who say it is "highly likely" that an Iranian anti-aircraft missile downed the Boeing 737...

Ukraine Not Ruling Out Missile in Jet Crash

'Too many things are unclear,' says one official about Iranian tragedy

(Newser) - Iran says it's confident that some kind of mechanical failure brought down a Ukrainian passenger jet near Tehran this week. Ukraine, however, isn't so sure. Its investigators are looking into the possibility that a missile or perhaps an explosion inside the jet as part of a terrorist attack...

Boeing Won't Get Black Box From Iran After 737 Crash

Involvement of US, Canada and Ukraine in investigation isn't clear

(Newser) - Even as the leaders of Canada and Ukraine pledged Wednesday to find the cause of the 737-800 crash that killed 176 people near Tehran, Iran announced that it would not turn over the airliner's flight recorders to Boeing. "We will not give the black boxes to the manufacturer...

Iran Plane Crash Killed 63 Canadians

Plane was carrying 167 passengers from 7 countries, and 9 crew

(Newser) - Two lucky souls who bought tickets for Ukraine International Airlines flight PS752 from Tehran, Iran, to Kyiv ultimately didn't board the plane. Ukrainian officials say all 176 people aboard—including 63 Canadians— were killed when the plane crashed six miles from Imam Khomeini airport shortly after 6am local time...

Ukrainian Airliner Crashes in Iran, Killing All Aboard

At least 170 passengers, crew killed

(Newser) - Everybody on board a Ukrainian airliner was killed in a crash shortly after takeoff from Tehran's Imam Khomeini Airport early Wednesday, according to Iranian state media. The Ukrainian International Airlines Boeing 737-800 had either 170 or 180 people on board, state media reported. It's not clear whether there...

New Plane Stats: One Fatal Accident Per 5M Flights

Total number of deaths fell by half, to 257, in 2019

(Newser) - It may seem surprising in a year filled with gloomy headlines about the 737 Max , but the number of deaths in major air crashes around the globe fell by more than half in 2019, according to a report by an aviation consulting firm. The To70 consultancy said 257 people died...

Carley McCord's Husband Missed Her Final Text

Steven Ensminger Jr. devastated by his wife's death in a plane crash

(Newser) - Steven Ensminger Jr. had to work Saturday, otherwise he would have driven his wife, sports reporter Carley McCord, to the Peach Bowl in Atlanta where she was set to cover the Louisiana State University-University of Oklahoma playoff game. He didn't have his phone—which is why he missed his...

After Plane Tragedy, an LSU Coach Made Son a Promise

Steve Ensminger promised his newly widowed son that he'd beat Oklahoma for him

(Newser) - A plane crash Saturday morning killed Steve Ensminger's daughter-in-law, sports reporter Carley McCord, on her way to cover the Peach Bowl he was set to coach Louisiana State University in that afternoon. The tragedy so devastated Ensminger's son, Steven, that he had to be rushed to the hospital...

'I'm Praying It's Not Real': Small Plane Crash Kills 5

The plane was en route to a college football game

(Newser) - A small plane en route to a college football game crashed into the parking lot of a post office in Louisiana shortly after takeoff on Saturday, killing five people and fully engulfing a car on the ground in flames, authorities said, per the AP . The two-engine Piper Cheyenne crashed in...

12 Dead After Plane Smashes Into Building

Kazakhstan plane was carrying 98 people

(Newser) - At least 12 people were killed when a passenger jet carrying 98 people slammed into a building shortly after taking off from an airport in Kazakhstan, authorities say. The Bek Air flight was en route from Almaty, the country's largest city, to the capital, Nur-Sultan, the BBC reports. Kazakhstan'...

Boeing to Shut Down 737 MAX Production

US economy likely to feel the effects

(Newser) - With its backlog of 737 MAX planes growing to about 400, Boeing plans to suspend production of the grounded airliner next month. The company has lacked regulator approval to fly the plane since March, after two of the jets crashed and killed a total of 346 people. Layoffs aren't...

FAA Analysis: 737 MAX Could Crash 15 More Times

That is, if Boeing didn't fix the MCAS system

(Newser) - A month after the deadly October 2018 Lion Air crash in Indonesia, the FAA completed an analysis that found it likely wouldn't be the last fatal Boeing 737 MAX crash. That analysis, released Wednesday during a House Transportation Committee hearing and reported on by the Wall Street Journal , found...

Plane Crash in South Dakota Snowstorm Kills 9

3 people were injured

(Newser) - Nine people—including two children and the pilot—have been killed after a plane crashed in South Dakota, authorities tell CNN . Peter Knudson with the National Transportation Safety Board tells the AP that 12 people were aboard the Pilatus PC-12 when it crashed about 12:30pm Saturday, shortly after taking...

NTSB: Latest Gender Reveal Led to Plane Crash

Texas aircraft stalled after releasing 350 gallons of pink water

(Newser) - Gender reveals have led to a car fire , a wildfire , even a death in Iowa . Now, per the New York Post , one has apparently spurred a plane crash. National Transportation Safety Board records show that the accident, which happened Sept. 7 in Turkey, Texas, took place after the pilot—IDed...

2 Dead After Plane Crashes Into Townhome

Pilot, passenger killed in incident near Atlanta

(Newser) - A small plane crashed into a townhome Wednesday morning in a leafy Atlanta-area neighborhood near a major interstate, killing two people and tearing off the home's brick exterior, authorities said. The crash scattered wreckage and shook up nearby residents. Both the pilot and a passenger died, but there were...

Small Plane Crashes Into New Jersey Home
Small Plane
Slams Into NJ Home
Oct 30, 2019 12:01 AM CDT

Small Plane Slams Into NJ Home

'It kind of looks like a volcano erupted'

(Newser) - A small plane crashed and exploded in a residential neighborhood in the New Jersey suburbs of New York City on Tuesday morning, leaving its pilot dead and setting two houses on fire, the AP reports. The twin-engine Cessna 414 went down at 11am just several hundred yards from Claremont Avenue...

737 Max Sensor Faulted in Lion Air Crash

Indonesia completes investigation

(Newser) - Faulty information from a single external sensor forced down the nose of Lion Air Flight 610. So conclude Indonesian investigators a year on from the crash that killed 189 people and raised safety concerns about the Boeing 737 Max. The jet's new flight-control system was vulnerable to errors—that...

Pilots Weren't Told How to Fix 737 Max System's Problems

Indonesia releases details on Lion Air investigation

(Newser) - An Indonesian investigation found that a combination of design flaws, inadequate training, and maintenance lapses doomed a Boeing 737 Max 8 jet that crashed a year ago, killing 189 people, per the AP . A summary of the final accident report released Friday said Lion Air flight 610 from Indonesia's...

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