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A turbo-prop airliner and reconnaissance aircraft. Picture: Wikimedia Commons

Missing plane

Russia says military aircraft vanishes near Syria during Israeli, French strikes

By Reuters

A US official said Washington believed the aircraft, which is an Il-20 turbo-prop plane used for electronic reconnaissance, was inadvertently shot down by...

  • FILE: A sceengrab shows a plane similar to the missing aircraft that took off from Kitale, a town in Kenya’s west region. Picture: YouTube

    Wreckage of missing Kenyan plane on domestic flight located

    The search and rescue efforts were being hampered by bad weather in the area, including dense fog that limited visibility, Maringa said, urging the public to be patient.

    1450 days ago
  • Malaysians take part in a candle-light vigil to mark the one-month anniversary of the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370 flight. Picture: AFP

    Malaysia says Seychelles debris not from missing MH370 plane

    The location of the plane has become one of the world’s greatest aviation mysteries. It is believed to have gone down in the Indian Ocean.

    1777 days ago
  • Khine Zin Win (C), who lost her youngest brother and his family, cries during the funeral in Dawei on June 9, 2017. Heavy rains and churning seas hampered search efforts for victims of a military plane crash off Myanmar's southern coast. Picture: AFP

    Hunt for missing Myanmar plane continues; 31 bodies recovered

    Soldiers, family members and crew were on board when the weekly flight, from several coastal towns to Yangon, went missing.

    1813 days ago
  • Picture: EWN.

    Syrian pilot whose plane crashed in Turkey found by rescue team

    Dogan news agency said the pilot, who crashed his plane on Sunday, had been found around 40 km from the wreckage.

    1909 days ago
  • FILE: A Russian Air Force Tu-154B-2 aircraft. Picture: airliners.net/Wikimedia Commons

    [UPDATE] Missing Russian plane has crashed

    A rescue team had found the crash site in the Black Sea near the coast of the Sochi, Interfax said.

    1979 days ago
  • FILE: Malaysia's Minister of Defence and Acting Transport Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (C) hugs a relative of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 during his visit at a hotel in Putrajaya on March 29, 2014. Picture: AFP.

    Relatives of missing MH370 ‘taking search into own hands’

    Flight MH370, carrying 239 passengers and crew, disappeared on its way from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in 2014.

    2001 days ago
  • FILE: An EgyptAir flight (generic) Picture: EGYPTAIR/Facebook.

    Massive search & rescue operation launched after EgyptAir flight disappears

    Flight MS840 was in Egyptian airspace when it went off the radar with over 60 passengers on board.

    2199 days ago
  • EgyptAir plane. Picture: EgyptAir Facebook.

    EgyptAir plane from Paris to Cairo goes missing

    An informed source at EgyptAir stated that Flight departed Paris at 23:09, has disappeared from radar.

    2199 days ago
  • Picture: freeimages.com

    Plane goes missing in Indonesia

    The plane lost radio contact about 30 minutes before it was expected to land.

    2429 days ago
  • The plane was carrying three crew members, a doctor and two nurses as well as the patient. Picture: freeimages.com

    Medical plane with 7 on board disappears off Senegalese coast

    The plane was carrying three crew members, a doctor and two nurses as well as the patient.

    2454 days ago
  • A screengrab of possible debris from missing Malaysia Flight 370 has been found in a remote Indian Ocean island.

    'The debris is certainly from the same model as MH370'

    The debris found is now in a French lab near Toulouse and international authorities say they're certain the piece is from the same model of aircraft as MH370.

    2489 days ago
  • Photo taken from an Indonesian aircraft over the Java Sea shows possible plane debris from the missing AirAsia flight. Picture: AFP.

    AirAsia: Indonesian TV shows objects in Java Sea

    Kompass TV showed pictures of what looked like large objects floating in the sea.

    2705 days ago
  • FILE: The wreckage of the Air Algerie flight AH5017 was found in northern Mali.

    Air Algerie wreckage found

    The wreckage of the Air Algerie flight AH5017 has been found in northern Mali.

    2863 days ago
  • Authorities lost contact with flight AH 5017 an hour after it took off from Burkina Faso.

    'Missing Air Algerie plane has crashed'

    An Algerian aviation official has confirmed the plane has crashed.

    2864 days ago
  • FILE: Grieving relatives of passengers on Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. Picture: AFP.

    Families clash with police over MH370

    Chinese protesters threw water bottles at the Malaysian embassy and tried to storm the building.

    2985 days ago
  • FILE: A Chinese military aircraft searching for the missing Malaysia Airlines jetliner spotted several 'suspicious' floating objects on Monday in remote seas off Australia. Picture: AFP.

    Chinese plane spots floating objects

    China has diverted an icebreaker towards the location where the debris was spotted.

    2986 days ago
  • Malaysian Maritime Enforcement personnel during search and rescue operations in Terengganu for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Boeing 777-200. Malaysia on 9 March launched a terror probe into the disappearance, investigating suspect passengers who boarded with stolen passports, as relatives begged for news of their loved ones. Picture: AFP.

    Hope revived in search for plane

    There is 'increasing hope' of a breakthrough in the hunt for a missing Malaysian airliner.

    2987 days ago
  • Satellite images of objects in the Indian Ocean which may be from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 which disappeared en route to Beijing on 8 March. Picture: AFP.

    Australia says suspected debris may have sunk

    The Boeing 777 went missing almost two weeks ago off the Malaysian coast.

    2989 days ago
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