Air France Flight 447

The tail of AirAsia QZ8501 passenger plane is seen on the deck of the Indonesian Search and Rescue (BASARNAS) ship Crest Onyx after it was lifted from the sea bed, south of Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan

Deadly stalls haunt airlines as AirAsia investigation unfolds

As senior officials suggest a high-altitude stall, fears grow about disasters similar to the AirAsia incident

Cockpit crisis

Cockpit crisis

In five years, over 50 commercial airplanes crashed in loss-of-control accidents. What’s going on?

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Air France Flight 447 captain not in the cockpit

Co-pilots at controls when plane fell from 38,000 feet

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Week in Pictures: June 4th – June 10th, 2009

The best pics of the last seven days

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The highly unlikely, but not impossible, events of Flight 447

All bets are off, writes George Jonas, when imperfect man encounters the perfect storm

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Searching for wreckage — and answers

Speculation is rampant, but crash investigators in the case of Air France Flight 447 are focused on the facts