They also reduce the effect of a crash on the body.

VOA: special.2010.02.09

The election date was moved up after Poland's president, Lech Kaczynski, was killed along with 95 others in a plane crash on April 10th near the Russian town,Smolensk.

VOA: standard.2010.06.17

Buddy Holly was killed in the crash of a small plane while on a singing tour in the Midwest.

VOA: special.2009.04.06

As it happens, the plan was announced on May sixth -- the same day as the "flash crash" on American stock markets.

VOA: special.2010.05.21

Future generations may sing about the "hero on the Hudson" - the pilot who saved his passengers when he crash-landed on a river.

VOA: special.2009.01.30

Officials say they have already recovered the flight's voice recorder, which may give information on the cause of the crash.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

In Johannesburg, a spokeswoman for the Airports Company South Africa, Unathi Batyashe-Fillis, said the company had no confirmation on what caused the crash.

VOA: standard.2010.05.12

For six years, audiences around the globe tuned in to follow the adventures of the survivors of a plane crash, stranded on a mysterious and dangerous island.

VOA: standard.2010.05.25

Officials have said they cannot speculate on the cause of the crash.

VOA: standard.2010.05.23

And that's something that I would never wish on any parent." Captain Didone says the crash that took his son's life was a direct result of distracted driving.

VOA: standard.2010.06.24