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Northland plane crash false alarm

A report of a light plane crash at a Northland beach was a false alarm.

Olympic great in Tongan plane drama

New Zealand double Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams had a scare when a plane she was on started to skid off a runway in Tonga.

Valerie Adams in runway close call

Olympic gold medallist Valerie Adams escaped a possible aircraft crash after a plane she was on started skidding off a runway in Tonga.

Paul Little: Faith and trust up in the air

Every day more than 8 million people travel in planes, taking around 50,000 flights. For an activity that's so commonplace, flying engenders a lot of fear and superstition.

Plane soared 'as fast as a fighter jet'

Crash experts say doomed AirAsia flight dropped almost vertically into the water as if being thrust down by a giant hand.

More bad weather hits AirAisa search

A temporary break in poor weather yesterday failed to help the search for wreckage from AirAsia Flight QZ8501.

Editorial: Airlines must heed concern over crashes

Such was the self-congratulatory tone of an industry proud of a declining trend in crashes. Just at the moment, however, there is much less cause for back-patting.

How an airline made disappearance-proof planes

First Air, a Canadian airline flies across some of the most remote and sparsely populated areas on the continent - its planes are often beyond the reach of conventional radar.

Sonar detects wreckage of AirAsia flight

Indonesian search officials have now confirmed they have located the fuselage of AirAsia flight 8501 on sonar radar, upside down on the sea floor.

AirAsia head: 'No idea what went wrong'

The billionaire CEO of AirAsia has described the disappearance of flight QZ8501 as his "worst nightmare", as the search for the missing plane resumes.

Flight attendant's haunting tweet

Flight attendant onboard missing AirAsia flight had tweeted a message of support to families of those lost in MH17 disaster just months before his own plane disappeared.

NZ's Argentina flights fill gap for Aussies

Air New Zealand's flights to Buenos Aires will be more than a third filled with passengers from Australia, an analysis of the service says.

Missing plane caps year of woe

This year began with the aviation industry celebrating a century of passenger flights - it ends with a jet with 162 aboard missing while flying from Indonesia to Singapore.

AirAsia families gather as search intensifies

Fearful friends and relatives of passengers on board the missing AirAsia flight have gathered at emergency centres awaiting news of the search and rescue operation.

Missing Air Asia flight: What we know now

162 people on board flight QZ8501 that went missing between Indonesia and Singapore.

Plane crash survivor still in serious condition

Woman on board small plane that spluttered and crashed into Raglan harbour yesterday, narrowly avoiding hundreds of holidaymakers.

Light plane crashes into water in Raglan

A light plane plane has crashed into water off Raglan Beach and sunk.

Planes collide on tarmac at NY airport

Two jets at New York's LaGuardia Airport have got a little too close for comfort, with one ripping the wingtip off the other.