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On April 4, 1955, a United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 named Mainliner Idaho crashed shortly after taking off from Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, Islip, New York, United States. The flight was operated for the purpose of maintaining the currency of the instrument rating of two of the airline's pilots. Shortly after takeoff and only ...
1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash: Islip: New York: Douglas DC-6: The training flight attempted to simulate a single engine failure during takeoff, but actually caused reverse thrust in the engine leading to a loss of control. March 26, 1955 4 0 19 Pan Am Flight 845/26: Pacific Ocean, 35 miles west of the Oregon coast: Oregon: Boeing ...
Long Island MacArthur Airport (IATA: ISP, ICAO: KISP, FAA LID: ISP), formerly known as Islip Airport, is a public airport in Ronkonkoma, New York, within the Town of Islip in Suffolk County, on Long Island. Covering 1,311 acres (531 ha), the airport was established in 1942, was activated in 1943, and began serving as a commercial airport in 1960.
The last major U.S. commercial air crash occurred in February 2009 when a Continental Airlines flight out of Newark, New Jersey, operated by Colgan Air crashed into a house as it was approaching ...
2 World Trade Center (South Tower), New York City, New York: One of four flights involved in the September 11 attacks. 3. May 25, 1979 † 273 (including 2 on the ground) 2 (ground) 0 American Airlines Flight 191: Des Plaines, Illinois: 4. November 12, 2001: 265 (including 5 on the ground) 1 (ground) 0 American Airlines Flight 587: Queens, New ...
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
Chilling new video shows the moment the American Airlines passenger plane erupted into a massive fireball after colliding midair with an Army helicopter in Washington, DC, late Wednesday.. The ...
While originally scheduled to depart at 2:45 pm, delays due to snowfall pushed departure back to 6:01 pm. At takeoff, with a nearly full complement of 95 passengers and 6 crewmembers (3 flight crew and 3 stewardesses), the plane weighed in at 98,575 pounds (44,713 kg), just 265 pounds (120 kg) below maximum takeoff weight.