A Beechcraft Baron crashed in a mountainous area of North Carolina Wednesday afternoon according to the FAA. The number of passengers and their condition were not immediately known.
At least two people were killed and dozens more were injured when a Dagestan Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 plane crash-landed at Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Saturday.
Investigators revealed on Wednesday that pilot errors are likely to blame for a Russian Yak-42 airliner which crashed in western Russia in September, killing 44 people including the Lokomotiv hockey team.
An hour after a massive 8.9 magnitude earthquake heaved the Pacific floor off the coast of Japan, security cameras captured the moment Sendai Airport was washed out by the ensuing tsunami.