An analyst says downing of Russian warplane by Turkey can be a potential game changer in the chaotic Middle East region.

International airlines have started detouring around Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula after a Russian passenger plane crashed in the region, killing all 224 people on board.

The European Commission prepares to start legal action against Germany's air safety authorities over its pilot license renewal system.

Senegalese civil aviation authority says a medical evacuation plane has crashed with seven people on board.

Five people were killed Sunday when two small planes collided in midair over San Diego, California.

Nine people are killed in a midair collision of a helicopter and a seaplane near the Russian capital.

A Russian Tu-95 plane crash in the far eastern territory of Khabarovsk leaves the two pilots dead.

A jet crash in Russia's Khabarovsk kills two pilots, prompting the air force to ban Sukhoi Su-24M flights.

On July 3, 19-88, US warship Vincennes shot down an Iranian airliner over the Persian Gulf, killing all 290 people on board, including 66 children. Iran is marking the 27th anniversary of the tragic incident. Iran’s Foreign Ministry has issued a statement on the occasion. While offering condolences to the families of the victims, the statement condemned the attack on the Iranian airbus as a gross violation of the international law by the US. The Foreign Ministry also described the incident as an example of state-terrorism supported by the US government. The statement noted that the US attack on the passenger plane will never be erased from the memory of the Iranian nation, and that it further shows the false nature of Washington’s claims about human rights.

At least four people are killed after a helicopter crashed in a mountainous region in northeast Nepal.