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  2. American Airlines Flight 191 - Wikipedia

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    American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.

  3. List of fatal accidents and incidents involving commercial ...

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    A fire developed in an aft lavatory, eventually filling the plane with smoke and destroying some electrical cables. The plane made a successful emergency landing, but during evacuation a flashover occurred that caused the death of half the original occupants. January 11, 1983 3 0 0 United Airlines Flight 2885: Romulus: Michigan: Douglas DC-8-54F

  4. Flight 191 - Wikipedia

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    X-15 Flight 191 (1967), or X-15 Flight 3-65-97, experimental test plane, broke apart in flight, killing its test pilot; Prinair Flight 191 (1972), crashed at Mercedita Airport in Ponce, Puerto Rico, killing five people; American Airlines Flight 191 (1979), crashed shortly after takeoff from Chicago O'Hare Airport, killing 273

  5. American Airlines Flight 293 - Wikipedia

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    American Airlines Flight 293 was a regularly scheduled flight from New York City (LaGuardia Airport) to Chicago (O'Hare International Airport).On June 20, 1979, the aircraft serving the flight was hijacked by Nikola Kavaja, a Serbian nationalist and anti-communist.

  6. List of Trans World Airlines accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    April 4, 1979 Flight 841, a Boeing 727-31, went into a spiral dive over Saginaw, Michigan; the aircraft descended to 5000 feet in 63 seconds before the crew regained control and then made an emergency landing at Detroit; all 89 on board survived. The crew stated that the No. 7 slat extended due to a failed actuator, causing the dive, but the ...

  7. Small plane crashes into residential building near Portland ...

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    In this photo provided by Portland Fire & Rescue, firefighters use handlines to extinguish the fire adjacent to the primary structure involved after a small plane crashed Saturday, Aug. 31, 2024 ...

  8. Men who died in Oregon small plane crash were Afghan Air ...

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    Three men who died in a small plane crash in Oregon were Afghan Air Force pilots who fought with the American military and came to the U.S. as refugees after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban in ...

  9. Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979 - Wikipedia

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    Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1979 (16 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1979" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.