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Iran social media posts call for more protests after plane disaster

Protesters, with students at the forefront, have staged daily rallies in the country after the government admitted they shot down a Ukrainian passenger plane that killed all 176 aboard. Some protests have been met with a violent crackdown.

Pakistani military plane crash kills at least 18

The plane crashed into an impoverished village near an upscale neighbourhood in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which is home to the army's headquarters.

Ethiopia crash probe advances with voice download, fresh details

Investigators of Ethiopian Airlines plane crash successfully downloaded the cockpit voice recorder of the Boeing 737 MAX 8, leading new details of what brought the plane down.

With black box damaged, Indonesia searches for Lion Air cockpit recorder

The Lion Air Boeing Co 737 MAX, which only went into service in August, crashed on Monday into the Java Sea.

Indonesia military chief believes fuselage has been located

Indonesia has deployed "pinger locators" to try to locate the plane's blackboxes, and yesterday the team had heard a ping sound in a location at 35 metres depth. Meanwhile, Lion Air's technical director and several technicians have been fired.

Iranian rescue teams find site and wreckage of crashed plane

The Aseman Airlines ATR-72 crashed into Mount Dena in southern Iran on Sunday. The airline said all 65 on board Flight EP3704 were killed, including six crew members.

Russian investigators hunt for clues over plane crash near Moscow

Investigators say the crew of the airliner that crashed near Moscow on Sunday did not report any technical problems before the disaster that killed 71 people.

At least 19 killed in train-bus collision in Russia

The collision between the bus and a train happened near the city of Vladimir, east of Moscow.

Over 30 dead as petrol tanker rams into vehicles in Kenya

The accident occurred near the town of Naivasha, some 90 kilometres north-west from the capital Nairobi.

Bus collision kills dozens in Pakistan

The two vehicles were carrying around 100 passengers when they crashed head-on in Khanpur, some 800 kilometres south of the capital, Islamabad.

Russian helicopter shot down in Syria

The Mi-8 helicopter was on its was to Hmeymim Air Base from Allepo when it was struck by ground fire and crashed in Allepo killing three crew members and two officers.

Voice recorder indicates fire broke out on EgyptAir flight

An analysis of the data recorder of EgyptAir flight MS804 has confirmed that smoke alarms were activated on board before the crash.