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Rescuers are seen around the wreckage of an Algerian plane which crashed near the Boufarik airbase from where the plane had taken off on April 11, 2018. The military plane crashed and caught fire killing 257 people, mostly army personnel and members of their families, officials said (Ryad Kramdi/AFP Photo)
April 11, 2018, 3:49 pm
Algerian military plane crashes in field, killing 257 on board
Aircraft carrying army personnel and their families comes down shortly after takeoff from base southwest of Algiers
By Agencies
Frank Fazekas Jr., right, poses for a photograph with a portrait of his father, Lt. Frank Fazekas, at his home in New Hartford, N.Y., on February 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Nick Lisi)
March 27, 2018, 9:08 am
74 years later, a pilot who crashed in France returns home
Frank Fazekas, whose plane was shot down by Germans in France, was one of nearly 73,000 Americans still missing from World War II
By CARRIE ANTLFINGER and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER
Nepalese rescuers stand near a passenger plane from Bangladesh that crashed at the airport in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shreshta)
March 12, 2018, 1:57 pm
At least 40 killed as Bangladeshi passenger plane crashes in Nepal
Bodies pulled out of wreckage after aircraft crashes in soccer field while attempting to land in Kathmandu airport
By AFP
Illustrative: A Bombardier-built business jet. (Wikipedia/Spotting973/CC BY-SA)
March 11, 2018, 7:20 pm
Private Turkish plane crashes in Iran on way from UAE
8 passengers and 3 crew were aboard small Bombardier plane, which reported a fire aboard before disappearing from radar
By AFP
This file photo taken on August 20, 2007 shows a Russian-made Hungarian air force Antonov AN-26 plane flying above the Square of Heroes in the capital Budapest. (AFP PHOTO / FERENC ISZA)
March 6, 2018, 6:01 pm
Russian plane crash at base in Syria kills 32
Moscow says transport jet crashes 500 meters from runway while attempting to land in Hmeimim airbase, blames possible technical malfunction
By AFP
In this photo provided by Tasnim News Agency, family members of a feared plane crash victim weep in the village of Bideh, near the crash site, February 18, 2018. (Ali Khodaei/Tasnim News Agency via AP)
February 19, 2018, 8:32 am
All 65 passengers and crew feared dead in Iranian plane crash
Fog, winds and snow hinder rescue attempts in country's southwest; plane had been grounded for 7 years for repairs; airline is banned in EU over safety concerns
By Nasser Karimi and Jon Gambrell
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a speech on the third day of the 54th Munich Security Conference (MSC) held at the Bayerischer Hof hotel, in Munich, southern Germany, on February 18, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / Thomas KIENZLE)
February 18, 2018, 1:56 pm
Netanyahu sends condolences to Iranians over deadly plane crash
'We have no quarrel with the people of Iran, only with the regime that torments them,' says PM at Munich Security Conference
By Agencies
File: Illustrative photo of an Iran Air Boeing 747 passenger plane. (CC BY-SA/Wikimedia/Mike P)
February 18, 2018, 10:14 am
Passenger plane crashes in southern Iran, killing all 66 on board
Emergency official says ambulances unable to reach crash site in Semirom area due to mountainous terrain
By Nasser Karimi
A Russian emergency employee stands next to flowers, in tribute to a plane crash victims, placed under of the flight schedule timetables at the Domodedovo International Airport, outside Moscow, February 11, 2018. (Maxim ZMEYEV/AFP)
February 11, 2018, 7:59 pm
71 dead, no survivors in Russian passenger plane crash
No Israelis believed to have been on board; black box recovered; human error or weather suspected cause of accident
By Anna MALPAS and Thibault MARCHAND
Illustrative photo an Antonov AN-148 passenger jet taxing after landing at Moscow's Domodedovo airport, December 24, 2009. (Mitya Aleshkovsky/AP)
February 11, 2018, 4:07 pm
71 feared dead as Russian plane crashes near Moscow
Rescue workers struggle to reach wreckage of Antonov An-148 jetliner; ministry says several causes possible, including bad weather, human error
By AFP
At the Greater Chicago Jewish Festival, "flash mob" dancers perform an Israeli folk dance medley as part of the biennial outdoor event, which included music stages, art and craft fair, kosher food, children's activities and was attended by over 20,000 people during the day, in Morton Grove, IL, on June 8, 2014. (iStock)
January 10, 2018, 1:39 pm
You say ‘tribal’ like it’s a bad thing
I'll keep the noisy, generous, caring, demanding Jewish people that mourns together for families most of us never met
By Sally Abrams
Illustrative: A WestJet passenger plane at Calgary International Airport in September 2017. (CC BY-SA Wikimedia Commons)
January 6, 2018, 6:17 am
Two jets collide on ground at Toronto airport
Passengers forced to evacuate via emergency slides after two planes slam into each other, with one catching on fire
By AFP
Hannah and Ari Weiss (Courtesy of Camp Ramah Darom via JTA)
January 4, 2018, 4:07 am
Camp dedicates scholarship to Jewish family killed in plane crash
'They were really stars, the two of them, just shining bright,' Camp Ramah Darom director says of the Weisses, who died in Costa Rica wreck
By Josefin Dolsten
Pictured on left, the Weiss family: Hannah, Leslie, Mitchell, and Ari. At right: Bruce and Irene Steinberg and their sons Matthew, William and Zachary. All nine were killed when a Cessna crashed Sunday, January 1, in Costa Rica. (Facebook)
January 2, 2018, 12:37 pm
Communities mourn Jewish families killed in Costa Rica plane crash
The Weisses and Steinbergs account for 9 out of the 12 people who died when a Cessna failed shortly after takeoff
By Renee Ghert-Zand and Agencies
Five members of the Steinberg family from Scarsdale, New York, and four members of the Weiss family from Belleair, Florida, were among 12 people killed when the plane in which they were flying crashed in Punta Islita, Guanacaste, Costa Rica on December 31, 2017. (Costa Rica Civil Aviation press office via AP)
January 1, 2018, 9:18 am
Two Jewish families killed in Costa Rica plane crash
Five members of Steinberg family from New York and three members of Weiss family from Florida identified as victims
By AP and TOI staff
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