Few incidents involving planes have generated ... some of the worst crashes -- and most puzzling mysteries -- in aviation history.

2017 was the safest year in history for commercial ... based its figures on incidents involving civil aircraft certified to carry at least 14 people. The most serious accident of 2017 came in ...

These events range from the fairly minor — the unexplained activation of a sprinkler system in an aircraft carrier’s weapons storage compartment (Accidents and Incidents During the Period 1 ...