Stricken US ship pilot 'novice'
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The navigator of a ship that ran aground off Alaska was only 22 and had no knowledge of the area, a report says.
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MANX REGISTERED SHIP SINKS NEAR FAROE ISLANDS FIVE men are missing after an Isle of Man-registered ship sank last night (Monday). The M/V Jokulfell had 11 crew members on board.
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By John Schwartz THE NEW YORK TIMES  Like most of today's astronauts, Navy Capt. Lisa Marie Nowak worked in relative obscurity -- even last July, when she took the spaceflight that she had spent 10 years at NASA hoping for.
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GLASGOW -- A minor electrical defect that the crew of HMCS Chicoutimi scrambled to find moments before a devastating fire is an indication loose connections may have played a significant role in the submarine tragedy, an expert in marine electrical
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The co-pilot of an airliner which crashed in New York in November 2001 made a fatal error, an inquiry finds.
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The hoopla is normally reserved for the highest dignitaries. When Brooke Ellison took her first flight, she was greeted by two fire trucks on either side of the plane spraying an arc of water over it. Ellison's flight Friday was no small feat: She has been paralyzed from the neck down since being hit by a car in 1990.
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A pilot who survived the crash of a small plane that killed three passengers was arrested Sunday and charged with manslaughter, authorities said.
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KOROLYOV, Russia - A rookie crew of two Russians and an American had a few scary moments as their craft approached too quickly to the International Space Station for docking before they put on the brakes in time to avoid a potential crash.
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Brian Binnie, a veteran US Navy aviator and one of four pilots trained to fly SpaceShipOne, piloted the spacecraft. &quot;Flying this vehicle is literally a rush,&quot; he said after the historic flight.
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WASHINGTON : US government accident investigators blamed pilot error for the crash of an American Airlines Airbus A300 in New York in November 2001 that left 265 people dead, officials said.
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A U.S. Marine Corps Harrier fighter  jet crashed into the Indian Ocean off the west coast of Sumatra  on Thursday but the pilot was rescued by a helicopter and  sustained only minor injuries, the military said.
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A World War II-era stunt plane crashed Friday while the pilot was practicing for an air show at Oceana Naval Air Station that was set to begin within hours, a base spokesman said. There was no immediate word on injuries.
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The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has officially blamed pilot error for the crash of an American Airlines Airbus A-300 in New York in November 2001 that left 265 people dead.
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Sport: Doctor who treated players injured in air crash reveals staff feared even more casualities
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Captain who 'glided' in said to have lost all power to Boeing 777
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The co-pilot of an airliner which crashed in New York in November 2001 made a fatal error with the aircraft&#39;s rudder, US investigators have found.
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US Coastguard chiefs say an oil and fuel spill from a freighter that broke in two when it ran aground off Alaska is probably thousands of gallons less than they feared.