Air Crash
# air-crash - Wednesday 6 February, 2013
Irish pilots ‘fear air crash’ due to fatigue
The Irish Airline Pilots Association said that it was concerned that the European Aviation Safety Authority was not using certain scientific recommendations on its proposed EU Flight Time Limitations.
# air-crash - Sunday 30 December, 2012
VIDEO: Dashboard camera captures Russian plane’s crash into motorway
The Red Wings Airlines craft overshot the runway and crashed into a nearby motorway, killing four people.
# air-crash - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Update: Four dead, four injured after plane overshoots runway in Moscow
At least eight, and possibly 12, people were on board when the Red Wings aircraft overshot the runway and then fell apart.
US lawsuit taken against manufacturers of Cork Airport crash plane
A court action is being taken on behalf of four of the six people who died when a small aircraft crashed at Cork Airport in February 2011.
# air-crash - Friday 14 December, 2012
Report into Birr plane crash found ‘no technical defect’
Flying instructor Niall Doherty and trainee Damien Deegan died in the crash last month.
# air-crash - Monday 12 November, 2012
Investigations into plane crash which killed instructor and trainee pilot
Gardaà and the Air Accident Investigation Unit are probing the crash near Birr which killed two men yesterday evening.
# air-crash - Saturday 14 July, 2012
Air accident investigators to probe Wicklow plane crash
Two people on board the plane escaped unharmed after it crashed near a private airfield yesterday evening.
# air-crash - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Final report into doomed Air France flight expected today
The plane crashed into the sea while travelling from Rio to Paris in 2009. Three young Irish doctors were killed, along with 225 other passengers and crew.
# air-crash - Sunday 10 June, 2012
All 14 passengers found dead after Peru helicopter crash
A Czech, a Swede, a Dutch citizen and eight South Koreans were among the victims.
# air-crash - Saturday 7 April, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
Nine things you need to know this morning…
# air-crash - Friday 10 February, 2012
Lawyer claims pilots’ decisions were main cause of Cork air crash
Families of the six victims and survivors intend to take legal action against the various aviation companies implicated in the crash at Cork Airport a year ago.
# air-crash - Tuesday 7 February, 2012
Interim report into Cork air crash finds sensor fault on plane
Six people died when a Manx2 flight from Belfast to Cork crashed at Cork Airport almost a year ago.
# air-crash - Friday 14 October, 2011
28 dead after Papua New Guinea air crash
The plane crashed in a remote forest during a violent storm – four people survived.
# air-crash - Monday 19 September, 2011
Pilot killed in second US air show crash over the weekend
No one on the ground in West Virginia was hurt as investigators say there were no signs of trouble leading up to the moment of the crash.
# air-crash - Saturday 3 September, 2011
The Daily Fix: Saturday
In tonight’s Fix: The fall out from the Vatican’s response to the Cloyne report; why there could be good news for mortgage holders; and what’s happening down at the Electric Picnic?
# air-crash - Tuesday 9 August, 2011
Take 5: Tuesday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…
Man in critical condition after light plane crashes in Tipperary
A man in his 40s is in a serious condition after a two-passenger plane crashed near Mullinahone in Co Tipperary.
# air-crash - Friday 8 July, 2011
Air crash: 53 feared dead after botched landing
Rescuers pulled 40 survivors from the wreckage of the flight, which came down in heavy weather in the DR Congo.
# air-crash - Monday 23 May, 2011
Take 5: Monday
5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
# air-crash - Monday 4 April, 2011
At least ten UN staff killed in Congo plane crash
Early indications say a plane carrying UN staff members broke into pieces, with the death toll likely to rise.
# air-crash - Friday 25 February, 2011
# air-crash - Friday 5 November, 2010
Plane crashes in Pakistan and Cuba kill 90
All passengers are killed after 22 die in a crash near Karachi, while all 68 on board a Cuban aircraft also perish.




































