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Two die in Australian light plane crash while filming for Vietnamese TV show

Australian police are sifting through camera footage taken by a passenger in an ultralight plane that crashed in country Victoria at the weekend, killing the two men on board.

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Two dead after Taiwan rescue helicopter crash

Two people have died and another is in a critical condition after a rescue helicopter with five people on board lost control and plunged into waters off New Taipei City in northern Taiwan on Friday afternoon.

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Britain's Prince William starts air ambulance pilot job

​The Duke of Cambridge started his duties as an air ambulance pilot on Monday morning, saying he was feeling nervous about starting his new job.

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U.S. pilot in E China aircraft crash lacked permission to fly

An investigation revealed that a light aircraft that crashed in east China on Sunday with an American pilot and Chinese passenger on board was flying without permission, local authorities said Friday.

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Germanwings co-pilot reported depression to school amid pilot training: Lufthansa

​Germany's air carrier Lufthansa said Tuesday that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 had informed the airline's pilot training school about his depression.

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"We can only speculate on the motives": Lufthansa head

"We can only speculate on the motives," said Lufthansa chief executive Carsten Spohr on Thursday at a press conference after the statements in Marseille that the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings flight 4U9525 had deliberately brought the plane to crash.

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Germany shocked, angered when co-pilot found "deliberately" crashes Germanwings plane

​The investigation into the crash of Germanwings flight 4U9525 reached an unexpected and mysterious turning point on Thursday as an audio recording from the plane's black box revealed that the German co-pilot deliberately crashed the aircraft into the southern French Alps after locking his captain out of the cockpit.

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German police search co-pilot's home for clues to Germanwings crash mystery

​German police searched on Thursday the Germanwings' co-pilot's home in the town of Montabaur, as well as his apartment in Duesseldorf, trying to find answers to the mystery of Tuesday's Germanwings crash which killed 150 people on board.

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Japan to lift age limit for commercial pilots to 67 due to shortage

​Japan's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will raise the maximum age limit for pilots to 67 from 64 in a bid to make up for a shortfall of the professionals caused by growing demand for flights and a rising number of budget carriers, local media reported Tuesday.

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Jordan's war on terror will continue: king

​King Abdullah II of Jordan on Thursday said Jordan's war on terrorism will continue, the state-run Petra news agency reported.

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LatAm nations condemn killing of Jordanian pilot

Latin American nations have joined the international outcry against the grisly killing of a Jordanian pilot at the hands of the Islamic State (IS) terrorists.

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90 bodies of AirAsia victims discovered in Indonesia's waters

​Rescuers have found a total of 90 bodies of victims of crashed AirAsia plane from Indonesia's waters, rescuer said on Tuesday.

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Jordan gov't confirms killing of pilot by IS, army vows to revenge

Jordanian government on Tuesday confirmed the killing of Jordanian pilot held captive by the Islamic State(IS), according to state-run Petra new agency.

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China's female pilot trainee operates submersible

A female pilot trainee of deep-sea manned submersible operated Jiaolong on Thursday for the first time in the southwestern Indian Ocean.

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U.S. fighter jet crashes in Virginia

​A U.S. F-15C Eagle fighter jet crashed on Wednesday morning near Deerfield, Virginia, during a routine mission, the Pentagon confirmed.

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Initial investigation reveals co-pilot speaks last words before MH370 disappears

The initial investigation revealed that it was the co-pilot of the missing plane who spoke the last words before the flight of MH370 disappeared, Malaysia Airlines said here Monday in a press conference.

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Small plane explodes near Texas airport

A twin-engine airplane exploded and burst into flames when landing near an airport in the U.S. state of Texas Wednesday, U.S. media reported. No injuries were confirmed yet.