All 11 people aboard a German-registered Pilatus PC-6 died when the skydiving aircraft crashed moments after take-off near Nancy on Sunday, one of the deadliest civil aviation accidents in France in decades and a tragedy on the edge of the Greater Region.
A single-engine light aircraft crashed into the CITIC Tower, Beijing's tallest building, on 26 June 2026, killing the pilot and injuring 13 people. Authorities confirmed the casualties but not the cause, while videos of the crash were rapidly censored inside China.
Europe's air-safety regulator has ordered emergency inspections of 16 Airbus A380s — 15 of them flown by Emirates — after cracks were found in a load-bearing wing structure, grounding five jets until they are checked.