Jomsom Airport crash site. (Map by Matt Molnar/Google Maps)

Plane Carrying 21 Crashes in Nepal’s Himalayas, Killing 15 [UPDATED]

An Dornier Do 228 aircraft carrying 21 people crashed while attempting to land at Jomsom Airport, killing 15 of them.s
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Runway 10 at Pompano Beach, Fla. (Photo by John Spade via Flickr)

Top 10 Posts of the Week: Superjet Crash in Indonesia, Dreamliner Visits DC and More

Lots of attention on the Sukhoi Superjet tragedy in Indonesia, while the Boeing 787 Dream Tour flew into Reagan National, a man tried to smuggle too many cats and a new underwear bomb plot. Plus, the week's top 10 NYCAviation M...
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The last flying Boeing 720 (C-FETB), whose final decades were spent working as a Pratt & Whitney engine testbed, is seen here taking off from Plattsburgh in 2008. (Photo by Senga Butts)

The Last Flying Boeing 720 Flies No More

This week marked the final flight of the last remaining airworthy Boeing 720, concluding the unique airliner's nearly 53 years of service.
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Site of the crash at Spring Hill Airport in Sterling, Pennsylvania. (Map by Matt Molnar/Google Maps)

Pennsylvania Plane Crash Kills Two Long Island Aviation Students, One Survives

Two Farmingdale State College students were killed Wednesday night when their small plane crashed near an airport in northeastern Pennsylvania. A fellow student on the plane survived.
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Cats on a plane.

Man Attempts to Board Plane With 19 Cats, Then Abandons Most of Them at Rome Airport

An American man could face charges in Italy after attempting to smuggle 19 cats onto a flight from Rome to New York.
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