Latest FromAir Accidents
![Pilot error 'most likely' cause of Air France crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Pilot error 'most likely' cause of Air France crash
Pilot error is emerging as the most likely cause of the crash of the Air France Rio-Paris Airbus in 2009.
![Second black box recovered from Air France crash](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Second black box recovered from Air France crash
Air accident investigators now have both 'black boxes' from the doomed Air France flight 447.
![Microlight pilot's body recovered from wreckage](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Microlight pilot's body recovered from wreckage
Former Olympic yachtsman Geoff Smale's body has been recovered from Mount Duppa.
![Family devastated at Smale's death](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Family devastated at Smale's death
The wreckage of former Olympian Geoff Smale's microlight was found on Mount Duppa in the Bryant Range.
![Emotional service in Antarctica](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Emotional service in Antarctica
Relatives of the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus air disaster returned last night from an emotional memorial service in Antarctica.
![Son to finish Antarctic trip for his parents](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Son to finish Antarctic trip for his parents
His parents were among the 257 people killed in the Mt Erebus disaster, so now Andrew Bond is going to complete their Antarctic trip for them.
![Air crash miracle](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Air crash miracle
Quick-witted rescuers scrawled a line in the beach to point others to the site of a helicopter crash.
![SOS in sand leads to pilot's rescue](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
SOS in sand leads to pilot's rescue
In a scene straight out of a desert island castaway story, a line scrawled in the beach pointed rescuers to a helicopter crash in the sea near Whangarei today, helping save a pilot's life.