From tragic commercial airline crashes to catastrophic mid-air collisions, explore the deadliest plane accidents ever recorded on U.S. soil.

A string of crashes this year has brought attention to air travel, which remains overwhelmingly safe. Here are some of the most recent details.

Investigators in India are studying the black boxes of a Boeing 787 Dreamliner after recovering them from the aircraft wreckage to ascertain the cause of last week’s plane crash that left at least 270

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, the sole known survivor of Thursday's Air India crash, has garnered speculation over whether his seat is the safest in a plane

The Air India flight fell from the sky on Thursday and killed at least 270 people in Gujarat state, officials said Saturday.

The crash happened just weeks after the company cut a deal with the U.S. government to avoid taking criminal responsibility for a pair of deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019.

As Muslims from across the world travelled to Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage in early June 2025, images of an aircraft in flames were shared on social media alongside claims that a Mauritanian plane carrying pilgrims had crashed,