Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index A plane crash is a disaster that occurs when an airplane violently collides with the earth usually due to unexpected mechanical failures. Plane crashes are extremely destructive, and often kill all of the shuttle's passenfers. They can also often cause further damage, such as fires depending on where they occur. In recent years, orchestrated plane crashes have been used as a type of terrorist attack because of the large amount of death and destruction they can cause. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.