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Iran teams find wreckage of plane in Zagros mountains – spokesman
(UPDATED) Gov't spokesperson: 'The Revolutionary Guards' helicopters this morning found the wreckage of the plane on Dena mountain'

Objects spotted near suspected MH370 crash site – Australia
Two new studies say photos taken by French military satellites two weeks after the plane s disappearance but not released to the public showed at least 70 identifiable objects floating close to the so called northern area

Debris found in sea after Myanmar military plane goes missing
UPDATED Most of those on board are thought to be women and children who were traveling from the southern city of Myeik to Yangon

Body parts found after plane goes missing near Riau Islands
The M28 Skytruck plane carrying 13 people lost contact with air traffic control Saturday December 3 during a flight from Pangkal Pinang Bangka Belitung province to Batam in the Riau Islands province in western Indonesia

Australia says possible MH370 debris found on Mauritius
The latest discovery comes less than two weeks after Australian and Malaysian authorities said two pieces of debris found in Mozambique were almost certainly from MH370

2015 is safest year in aviation – Statistics
Data from the Aviation Safety Network reveal that there are less aviation mishaps in the world in 2015 compared to past years
Russian plane broke up 'in the air' – expert
UPDATED Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al Sissi urges patience to determine the cause of Saturday s October 31 crash after the Islamic State ISIS jihadist group claimed it brought down the A 321 in Egypt s restive Sinai Peninsula
Unidentified plane crashes in Sultan Kudarat
Residents of Esperanza town say they saw the plane explode in mid air before crashing

Germanwings cockpit lock, solar energy, young innovators | SciTech4u
Technology – a double edged sword in the Germanwings crash solar energy in PH homes and groundbreaking prototypes from the De La Salle University s Innovations and Technology Fair

Indonesia drug mule, Licuanan on K-12, Germanwings pilot | The wRap
Filipina drug mule in Indonesia’s death row was duped Higher education chair Licuanan says extra school years are worth it The Germanwings pilot had suicidal tendencies

The role of the Airbus cockpit lock in the Germanwings crash
What role did a plane’s locking mechanism play in the Germanwings plane crash?

Germany to hold national memorial for crash victims on April 17
The ceremony will be held at Cologne Cathedral in western Germany and is due to be attended by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Joachim Gauck
'Back to drawing board' if MH370 search fails, Malaysia says
Malaysia transport minister s comment echoes Australia s statement which raised doubts about an open ended search for the aircraft

Indonesia retrieves last of crashed AirAsia jet fuselage
We have retrieved on Friday the last and large part of the AirAsia fuselage with a wing still intact an Indonesian official says

Doomed AirAsia jet's climb echoes Air France disaster
The Air France flight from Rio to Paris vanished at night during a storm The aircraft s speed sensors were found to have malfunctioned and the plane climbed too steeply causing it to stall

Indonesia pledges AirAsia probe as plane parts found
Search teams find four large parts of the airline s plane that crashed into the sea last weekend

AirAsia plane may have managed to ditch: experts
Experts say the results of the initial phase of search and rescue operations suggest the pilot may have conducted an emergency water landing before the plane was overcome by high seas

US sends warship as Indonesia expands AirAsia plane search
UPDATED More than 48 hours after the Airbus A320 200 carrying 162 people lost contact en route from Indonesia to Singapore no clue has been found as to the plane s final location or fate

FAST FACTS: Aviation disasters in Indonesia
The case of the missing AirAsia flight is the 4th aviation disaster in Indonesia in 2014 and could be among the country s worst aircraft disasters

HIGHLIGHTS: AirAsia Flight QZ8501
UPDATED AirAsia flight QZ 8501 on a routine flight from Surabaya Indonesia to Singapore went missing early Sunday December 28 with a total of 162 people on board Bodies and debris have been recovered This is what we know so far

Cancelled flights: Saturday, December 6
Bookmark and refresh this page for a list of cancelled flights for Saturday December 6

First lawsuit filed in Malaysia over MH370
The suit is filed by lawyers on behalf of the two underage sons of Jee Jing Hang who was on board the ill fated Malaysia Airlines flight

48 killed, 10 survivors in Taiwan plane crash – airline
UPDATED Flight GE222 was carrying 54 passengers and four crew members on a domestic flight when it crashed on Wednesday

Terrorism cannot be ruled out in missing Malaysia jet – CIA
The US Central Intelligence Agency says terrorism could not be ruled out in the disappearance of a Malaysian airliner
Malaysia says jet may have turned back, search expanded
Malaysian authorities were looking into the possibility that an airliner which vanished with 239 people on board had attempted to turn back
Malaysia investigates possible terror link
Malaysia is investigating 4 names on the flight manifest of an airliner that vanished with 239 people aboard
Indonesia steps up search for missing plane
The Russian Sukhoi Superjet with about 50 people on board vanished from radar screens south of the Indonesian capital Jakarta 50 minutes into what was meant to be a brief demonstration flight