A timeline of Presidential plane crashesPoland’s Lech Kaczynski isn’t the first world leader to plummet to his death a plane crash. Esquire looks at six other heads of state who met their makers mid-air, and the what Poland can learn from the subsequent fallouts.
Airline disaster
CASA must act now to prosecute over Pel-Air crash
The pilot of the Pel-Air Westwind that crashed off Norfolk Island on Wednesday apparently took off with inadequate fuel supplies. He, and his airline, must be prosecuted.
The cold, hard facts about the Kokoda crash
The stark details in the preliminary official report on August’s Kokoda plane crash run contrary to many previous rumours and reports, writes Ben Sandilands.
Can the Airbus’ image survive its second crash?
First it was Air France flight AF447, and now a Yemenia Air flight has crashed into the Indian Ocean, sending all but one passenger to their deaths. Can the Airbus’s image come out unscathed, or has it too been shot down in flames?
AF447: Any last words?
The silence that surrounds one item of information in the Air France disaster is notable: what exactly was said between the captain and the operations centre in Paris in the last voice communication?
AF447: Wrong speed, wrong conditions
Le Monde is reporting that AF447 was flown at the wrong speed through turbulence from the moment problems arose with its flight control systems and until it broke apart in flight, says Ben Sandilands.
Wreckage sighted, but is it flight AF447?
In the second day of searching for the missing Air France jet, wreckage has been sighted, tabloid lies have been exposed, and terrorism has still not been ruled out.
Mystery and speculation surround Air France flight AF447
Only two things are certain about the loss of Air France flight AF447 last night. It suffered unprecedented massive electrical failures, and a catastrophic loss of control. Everything else is speculation.
