17 Die as Plane Crashes Into Montana Cemetery

(NEWSER) - Thirty years after Yankees captain Thurman Munson died in a plane crash, the New York Daily News looks back at athletes "gone too soon": Roberto Clemente (Dec. 31, 1972): His plane went down while trying to deliver supplies to Nicaragua earthquake victims. Search parties never found Clemente's body. More»

Remains suspected to be from Yemenia flight

(NEWSER) - Thirteen bodies found off the coast of Tanzania’s Mafia Island may be the remains of passengers from the Yemen Airways flight that crashed into the Indian Ocean last week, Reuters reports. Tanzanian authorities say that airplane seats and what may be part of an airplane wing were also found in the waters near Mafia Island. More»

Colgan Air has a clean flight record

(NEWSER) - The operator of the commuter flight that crashed near Buffalo and killed 50 people hadn’t had any major accidents on passenger flights in its 18-year history, the Houston Chronicle reports. Nor does the model of plane that crashed, the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 turboprops, have a record of trouble. Colgan Air's only incident with a passenger flight occurred when another plane ignored the tower and collided with a Colgan flight on the runway at LaGuardia. A flight attendant was injured. More»

'Tell me' how to deal with this, pleads grieving father

(NEWSER) - The Korean immigrant who lost his family when a fighter jet crashed into his San Diego home urged people to pray for the Marine Corps pilot "not to suffer," reports CNN. "I don't blame him. I don't have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could," sobbing dad Dong Yun Yoon told reporters yesterday. The body of Yoon's 15-month-old daughter was found yesterday. More»

Ground-level pics depict shocking scene

(NEWSER) - A towering crane that ripped through two buildings and hit a third is one of the worst construction accidents in New York history, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today. "It is a tragic event," he said. "Our hearts go out to all the victims and their families." How did the crane pulverize two buildings in one fall? Click the Daily News and Newsday links below to see the best photo coverage on the web. More»