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A spate of airplane crashes has raised travelers’ anxieties about flying. Experts say aviation remains comparatively less risky than other forms of transport and offer tips for staying safer.

IDAHO FALLS — Fatal airplane crashes have been in the news a lot lately, starting with a commercial airplane colliding midair with an army helicopter in Washington, D.C., in January. That ...

In addition to Monday's Toronto crash, at least three other major crashes have been reported so far in 2025. A commercial jetliner and an Army helicopter collided near the nation’s capital on Jan.

There have been several private airplane crashes in the news recently, too, from the air ambulance crash in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just before the Super Bowl to the mid-air collision in ...

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The Delta Air Lines crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday hit close to home for many people as it happened at Canada’s busiest airport. The airport handled 50.5 million passengers ...

A small airplane that was headed to Springfield, Ohio crashed Sunday afternoon near Lancaster, Pennsylvania.According to WLWT Lancaster affiliate WGAL, the plane came down just south of the ...

Five people on board a small airplane that crashed into the parking lot of a retirement community in southern Pennsylvania on Sunday survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said.

But does this indicate there are more airplane crashes occurring than before? Here's what data from the National Transportation and Safety Board says. How many plane crashes have occurred in 2024 ...