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This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. ( November 2019 ) This is a list of plane crashes that have occurred because of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT), an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle.
The loss of engine power as result of the failure of one or more of the compressor blades for the 5th stage compressor for undetermined reasons. A contributing factor was the lack of suitable terrain for the pilot to execute a successful autorotation. 2007-07-27: Phoenix, Arizona, United States KNXV-TV and KTVK
This category lists multi-engine passenger airline accidents involving loss of all engines in flight and subsequent gliding flight. Causes of these rare situations have included fuel exhaustion or starvation, multiple bird strikes, volcanic ash, extreme weather and hijacking.
The ferry flight suffered dual-engine failure at high altitude and a subsequent crash caused by the crew's reckless flying. August 13, 2004 1 1 1 Air Tahoma Flight 185: Florence: Kentucky: Convair CV-580: Mismanagement of fuel tanks caused a dual-engine flameout, and the cargo aircraft then crashed during approach, killing the first officer ...
On 26 February 2020, a Titan Airways Airbus A321-211 registered as G-POWN, encountered problems with both engines shortly after takeoff from Gatwick Airport. The flight was a positioning operation without passengers en route to Stansted Airport. [130] The aircraft made a successful emergency landing back at Gatwick Airport. There were no injuries.
Struck terrain nose-down after apparent engine trouble during a gear-up landing attempt Hans Alsér: Sweden 1977 Table tennis player Linjeflyg Flight 618: Kälvesta, Sweden Icing of tailplane caused by engines being operated at too low a power setting for anti-ice to be effective Roald Amundsen: Norway 1928 Explorer Latham 47: Barents Sea ...
20 July 2012: A US MQ-1C Gray Eagle is lost during landing in Afghanistan. [260] 11 July 2012: A US MQ-1C Gray Eagle is lost during takeoff in Afghanistan. [260] 7 July 2012: A US MQ-1C Gray Eagle is lost during landing in Afghanistan. [260] 14 April 2012: A US MQ-1B Predator is lost during mid-flight by an engine failure in Afghanistan. [260]
Hard landing caused by crew error, causing engine No.4 and pylon to separate; further damage to the right wing caused leaking fuel to ignite and explode, causing the wing to break up and lead to the crash 1971-03-05 BEA Flight 706: Belgium Vickers Vanguard: Inadequate maintenance: undetected corrosion 63