Remarkably, all 69 people on board survived when the plane ditched in the sea. What killed 52 of them happened afterwards.

DIANA Rock is an enigmatic non-rock that still plays on the imaginations of mariners. Diana Bank is lacking solid land and thus cannot claim descriptors like “cay” or “islet,” so it settles instead on ...

The tragedy was pivotal in creating the preflight safety briefing and emergency procedure demonstrations on flights.

A commemorative event marking the 85th anniversary of the Flying Tigers' mission in China was held on July 16 in Nanjing, east China's Jiangsu province. The event saw the official launch of a ...

Readers often ask me where I get the ideas for Rearview Mirror. Usually, the ideas don’t come from a trip to the dentist. But ...

UK Maritime & Coastguard Agency This should surprise no one. Nicknamed the “doomsday wreck”, the remains of the Liberty Ship ...

The U.S. Navy has added a new boat to its fleet that was once focused on unearthing the past, but will now support the Navy's ...

The submarine slipped beneath the Atlantic during the summer of 1944 and then disappeared from history. For decades, its exact resting place remained uncertain despite wartime reports, scattered naval ...

A 1941 Ford was found inside the sunken USS Yorktown. Discover the mystery behind the car resting 17,000 feet below the Pacific.

Decades after their discovery and after years of attempts, a team has finally been able to record the wreckage of the Battle of Midway. The battle, which took place in June 1942, saw the sinking of ...

A billionaire’s ship designed to find the most famous lost ships of World War II has reemerged as a U.S. Navy survey ship, USNI News has learned. Following Allen’s death, the Navy bought Petrel in ...

Divers have found the wreck of the Hofuku Maru off Luzon in the Philippines. The Japanese freighter sank in 1944 with over 1,200 Allied POWs; a digitised military file finally solved the mystery.