A Spanish emergency rescue official says there are only 26 survivors after an airliner with 173 people aboard crashed on takeoff from Madrid's airport. The official with the SAMUR municipal rescue service gave the toll after touring the site of Wednesday's crash. picked by loonytoon 2 months ago

The crash site indicated that the plane had plunged vertically into the ground, Brazil's airport authority chief, Jose Carlos Pereira, told Reuters. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Rescue teams have found 12 survivors in the smouldering wreckage of a jetliner that went missing over Indonesia's Sulawesi island during a storm. picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Hours after performing for thousands of South Carolina college students, former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash that killed four people, authorities said Saturday. picked by loonytoon 2 weeks ago

You can't escape the Reaper. picked by tomphoolry 2 years ago

A plane has crashed into a residential building in Manhattan's Upper East Side killing four people picked by teaya21 2 years ago

Five people, including the husband of a top NASCAR executive, were killed Tuesday when a small plane crashed into two homes in Sanford, Florida, near Orlando. picked by mandirio 1 year ago

A Plane has come up short of the runway at world famous Heathrow airport in London. picked by davbob 9 months ago

Rescuers who helped find a 3-year-old girl alive in the crumpled wreckage of an airplane say they knew she was OK when she cried for her teddy bear. picked by Proverb 11 months ago

Three good Samaritans pulled a burning vehicle off a 13-year-old girl following a rollover crash Thursday night on the Florida Turnpike near Clermont, authorities said. picked by dollyllama 6 months ago

An American Airlines plane carrying 195 passengers has made an emergency landing at Manchester Airport. picked by topofall 8 months ago

Two Pilots and 3 passengers have died when a light aircraft crashed into a housing estate in Kent picked by davbob 6 months ago

HAVANA (Reuters) - Revolutionary allies Cuba and Venezuela signed a raft of economic accords on Monday aimed at furthering cooperation, including plans for nickel and oil development and a billion-dollar petrochemical complex in Cuba. picked by wags273 12 months ago

Several Russian ships and 1,000 soldiers will take part in joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in the Caribbean Sea later this year, exercises likely to increase diplomatic tensions with Washington, a pro-government newspaper reported on Saturday. picked by stinkobinko 4 weeks ago

Officials said two soldiers and four civilians were among those killed on the ground at Culiacan airport. picked by kxmk 1 year ago

This was the amazing scene at a Texas airport today after a plane trying to land ended up touching down on top of another plane waiting to take-off. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

A fuel leak from the British Airways Boeing 777 which crash-landed at Heathrow could have engulfed passengers and crew in a fireball, a report has revealed.

On the way back into Heathrow last week, on a 777, the plane I was on had to wait on a taxiway. It stopped right alongside the crashed plane! picked by topofall 8 months ago

The call came last night. A story from a friend about a ski shop owner hiking in the mountains off trail above Mammoth Lakes California near the area of Minaret Lake and Minaret Mine. Apparently the man came across what appeared to be some papers lying in a remote path, but what he may have found wasn’t some wayward trash left by a careless camper. picked by Nateebiinature 6 days ago

A Caldwell teenager is credited with saving a young boy from a fiery crash on Interstate 84 last night.

I hate to say this, but I'm ultimately not too sad about the fact she died (that's what you get for driving drunk). I'm really glad her kids survived, and extremely glad she didn't kill anyone else. picked by muppet 6 months ago

Right near FSU! 2ManyUsernames probably hasn't posted this yet because power is out to a ton of Tallahassee! He works/I lived right down the street from this spot. Craziness! That's the actual photo, btw.

P.S. Florida picked by sykeo56 8 months ago