Americans are worried about traveling amid the back-to-back aviation accidents and incidents that have occurred so far this year.

The pilot of a small plane that crashed near an airport tried to avoid hitting a turtle on the runway, according to a National Transportation Safety Board report. The pilot and a passenger were killed.

Preliminary findings into last month’s Air India plane crash suggest the aircraft’s fuel control switches were turned off, causing a loss of engine thrust shortly after takeoff. The report, issued

The pilot of a small plane who was killed in a crash this month in North Carolina had lifted a wheel after landing to spare a turtle on the runway, the National Transportation Safety Board said in ...