US investigators say a plane was half a ton overweight when it crashed onto Alaska sea ice, killing all 10 aboard.

At least 12 people, including a popular musician, died when a small plane crashed into the sea while taking off from a Caribbean island off Honduras, officials said.

Amid the recent spate of airplane disasters, one God-fearing JetBlue passenger has turned to the Almighty to keep her safe in the sky by anointing an aircraft with holy water prior to boarding.

A plane which crashed near Fife Aiport last year, resulting in the death of the pilot, lost power because of water getting into the engine, investigators have said. Nicholas Denison-Pender ...