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A firetruck responding to a different emergency drives in front of a landing Air Canada jet causes a collision resulting in the death of the pilot and co-pilot.
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Air Canada jet crashes on LaGuardia runway

A firetruck responding to a different emergency drives in front of a landing Air Canada jet causes a collision resulting in the death of the pilot and co-pilot.

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An animation shows what was happening at air traffic control at New York's La Guardia when the Air Canada plane crashed into a truck on the runway
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Audio from air traffic control during the Air Canada crash

An animation shows what was happening at air traffic control at New York's La Guardia when the Air Canada plane crashed into a truck on the runway

A file image of a Beechcraft King Air B200 plane.

Police confirm death of pilot in Queensland Gulf Country plane crash

A 32-year-old Clifton Beach man has died after a plane crash in a flood-affected, crocodile-infested part of Queensland’s Gulf Country on Friday night.

A search was conducted after the aircraft crashed into the ocean on South Australia’s south coast.

Pilot, teens dead after light plane crashes into ocean

Meanwhile, floodwaters are hampering attempts to reach the scene of a light plane crash near Normanton in Queensland’s Gulf Country.

  • Tom Wark and Andrew Stafford
The sightseeing balloon received a 45-centimetre tear, which was patched up on site.

‘Catastrophic’ risk: Patched-up balloon tore open mid-flight with 24 passengers on board

The arrival of passengers at the Beaudesert launch site probably motivated the balloon’s pilot to continue with the early morning joy flight, the ATSB has found.

  • Cameron Atfield
Sea World Helicopters pilot Ashley Jenkinson died in the 2023 crash along with three passengers.

Potential drugs claim delays Sea World helicopter collision probe

An inquest into one of Australia’s worst air disasters has been delayed for months amid potentially fresh claims of pilot drug-taking.

  • Rex Martinich
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The seaplane being retrieved from the ocean floor.

One year on, Rottnest seaplane crash survivors open up on fateful day

Speaking for the first time about their harrowing ordeal, Jeremy and Patricia Connor said they only felt relief that they survived and gratefulness for the first responders who saved their lives.

  • Hamish Hastie and Cameron Myles
The Cessna at the bottom of the sea floor off Rottnest Island. The right wing can be seen “hinged backwards” and into the cabin at the top of the picture.

Fateful take-off call, safety system in focus of Rottnest Island seaplane crash probe

An ATSB report also reveals the wings of the aircraft “hinged backwards” when it crashed into the water, potentially striking one passenger who suffered a major head injury.

  • Cameron Myles
Sea World Helicopters crash victim Nicholas Tadros sits by a portrait of his late mother, Vanessa, at the family’s Glenmore Park home.

Families of Sea World helicopter crash launch injury claims

Four people were killed and several injured after two choppers from Sea World Helicopters collided on the Gold Coast in 2023.

  • Cloe Read
Matt Wright on Outback Wrangler.

Reality TV star jailed for interfering with crash probe

Reality TV star Matt Wright has been given a 10-month jail sentence for attempting to pervert the course of justice following a fatal helicopter crash.

  • Lloyd Jones