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WASHINGTON – Investigators on Friday worked to piece together what exactly led to the collision of a passenger plane and a U.S. Army helicopter that killed 67 people as families, officials and ...
The captain of Flight 27 was William R. Broocke, aged 54, who had been employed by National Airlines since 1946 and had qualified to fly the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1972, accumulating 21,853 flight hours during his career with 801 hours on the DC-10.
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
Wednesday’s crash was the deadliest in the U.S. since Nov. 12, 2001, when an American Airlines flight slammed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, just after takeoff from Kennedy ...
The DC-10's second accident happened on the 3 of November 1973 with National Airlines Flight 27 in which the aircraft had an uncontained engine failure while it was en route over New Mexico. The crew made an emergency landing and 127 of the 128 occupants survived.
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
National Airlines Flight 27: 65 miles SW of Albuquerque: New Mexico: McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10: The aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure with fragments penetrating the fuselage; one passenger was ejected from the aircraft. The flight subsequently completed a successful emergency landing in Albuquerque. September 27, 1973 11 0 0
Follow The Post's live updates on the deadly plane crash near DC's Reagan National Airport that left no survivors after an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night.