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The projected (in green) and actual (in red) ground track of N47BA from departure in Orlando to Dallas and to crash site in South Dakota. On October 25, 1999, a Learjet 35, registration N47BA, [7] operated by Sunjet Aviation of Sanford, Florida, departed Orlando Sanford International Airport (IATA: SFB, ICAO: KSFB) at 13:19 UTC (09:19 EDT) on a two-day, five-flight trip.
Helios Airways Flight 522 was a scheduled passenger flight from Larnaca, Cyprus, to Prague, Czech Republic, with a stopover in Athens, Greece.Shortly after take-off on 14 August 2005, Nicosia air traffic control (ATC) lost contact with the pilots operating the flight, named Olympia; it eventually crashed near Grammatiko, Greece, killing all 121 passengers and crew on board.
The owner of the aircraft has speculated that the crash may have been caused by hypoxia resulting from the loss of cabin pressure, rendering the passengers and the pilot unconscious. [13] U.S. officials said that the intercept pilots had seen the Cessna's pilot "passed out" at the controls. [ 4 ]
G-LOC incidents have caused fatal accidents in high performance aircraft capable of sustaining high g for extended periods. High-g training for pilots of high performance aircraft or spacecraft often includes ground training for G-LOC in special centrifuges, with some profiles exposing pilots to 9 gs for a sustained period.
Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.. Those killed as part of a sporting, political, or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.
Decompression incidents do not occur solely in aircraft; the Byford Dolphin accident is an example of violent explosive decompression of a saturation diving system on an oil rig. A decompression event is often the result of a failure caused by another problem (such as an explosion or mid-air collision), but the decompression event may worsen ...
The aircraft involved in the crash was a Beechcraft 200 Super King Air, registration VH-SKC, serial number BB-47, manufactured in 1975. The aircraft had about 19,000 hours of service before the crash. [6] The amount of air passed into the cabin is controlled by bleed air valves on the engines. [7]
Memorial service for the victims of the Tenerife Airport disaster, the deadliest aviation accident in history. KLM Flight 4805 and Pan Am Flight 1736 crashed during takeoff from Tenerife in the Canary Islands on 27 March 1977 in what has become known as the Tenerife airport disaster, the deadliest aviation accident in history. The ground ...