Air Tragedy

18 killed in Nepal as aircraft crashes during take-off

Only the pilot has survived out of the 19 persons, who were onboard a Saurya Airlines aircraft.

Scroll Staff
· Jul 24, 2024 · 12:48 pm
IAF crash: In India, it’s cheaper to launch rescue missions than invest in safety systems

Our approach to safety has been reactionary rather than preventive.

KP Sanjeev Kumar
· Jun 04, 2019 · 07:56 pm
Human remains recovered from debris of EgyptAir flight MS804

The deep sea vessel commissioned to the site will return to look for any other remnants that will prove useful to the investigators.

Scroll Staff
· Jul 04, 2016 · 08:54 am

Flydubai to give $20,000 to families of air crash victims

Investigators said it will take weeks to decode information from the flight recorders because they were very badly burnt.

Scroll Staff
· Mar 20, 2016 · 06:43 pm
Germanwings flight 4U9525: a victim of the deadlock between safety and security demands

The aims of safety and security are not always on the same team, sometimes with disastrous results.

Yijun Yu, The Conversation
· Mar 30, 2015 · 04:35 pm
Why authorities were so quick to dismiss terrorism as the cause of the Germanwings crash

If a Muslim – or an Arab – were flying the plane, the first judgement would probably have been very different.

Annalisa Merelli, qz.com
· Mar 28, 2015 · 02:30 pm

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The deep sea vessel commissioned to the site will return to look for any other remnants that will prove useful to the investigators.

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