1956 – USAF Captain Milburn G. Apt becomes the first man to exceed Mach 3 while flying the Bell X-2. Shortly thereafter, the craft goes out of control and Captain Apt is killed. From a dive at high altitude, the aircraft ...
A military plane chartered by Canadian gold miner Kinross crashed shortly after takeoff Thursday in the African country of Mauritania, killing all seven people on board
In the days and weeks after an aircraft incident, the media has to try harder and harder to get those precious clicks after much smaller events happen. Recently, the industry has seen three incidents of varying severity that ha...