Atlas Obscura on Slate is a blog about the world’s hidden wonders. Like us on Facebook and Tumblr, or follow us on Twitter. In August 1974, the UN established a buffer dividing the island of Cyprus ...

In the wake of the tragic 1985 British Airtours Boeing 737 accident at Manchester in which 55 people died following an engine fire on take-off, Cranfield University undertook a detailed study into ...

England’s troubled airplane-making industry is long since inured to insult, but last week it suffered one of the unkindest blows of all. The country’s two biggest airlines, BOAC and BEA, both ...

(Reuters) - Polish President Lech Kaczynski was among 97 people killed when their Russian-built Tupolev Tu-154 airliner crashed in thick fog in Russia on Saturday. Here are some details about the ...