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The 35 dead included all 12 people (10 passengers and both crew members) on SkyWest 5569, and 23 of the 89 aboard the USAir 1493 (21 passengers, Captain Shaw, and Lead flight attendant Deanna Bethea ). Two of the USAir fatalities were passengers who initially survived the crash, but died from burn injuries three and 31 days after the crash. [a]
Eight passengers among the 120 passengers and crew on board died in the explosion and subsequent fire. [95] [96] February 1, 1991 – USAir Flight 1493, operated by a 737-300, collided with a Fairchild Metro III of SkyWest Airlines while landing at Los Angeles. All 12 people on the Fairchild Metro died, while 21 passengers and two crew members ...
USAir Flight 1493 crashed during landing into SkyWest Flight 5569, which had mistakenly been given approval by air traffic control to hold for takeoff on the same runway. All aboard the SkyWest flight, as well as 23 aboard the USAir flight, perish. December 3, 1990 8 10 190 1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision: Romulus: Michigan
USAir Flight 1493 collided while attempting to land with a plane attempting to take off on the same runway in Los Angeles on February 1, 1991. All 12 people aboard the smaller plane were killed, as were an eventual total of 23 of the 89 passengers on the Boeing 737.
In February 1991, Koch was seriously injured as a passenger on board USAir Flight 1493 when it collided with another aircraft on a runway at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 35 people. [95] Koch survived and said in an interview in 2014 that it helped change his life and prompted him to become "tremendously philanthropic." [96]
On 1 February 1991, USAir Flight 1493 collides with SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569 on the runway at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 35 people. An air traffic controller mistakenly assigned Flight 1493 to land on a runway where the SkyWest Airlines aircraft was waiting to take off.
USAir Flight 1016 was a regularly scheduled flight in the southeastern United States, between Columbia, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. [1]: 1 On July 2, 1994, the flight encountered heavy thunderstorms and microburst-induced windshear while attempting to land, and crashed into heavy trees and a private residence near the airport.
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).