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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).
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
Aeroflot Flight 593 was a passenger flight from Sheremetyevo International Airport, Moscow, Russia, to Kai Tak Airport in Hong Kong.On 23 March 1994, the aircraft operating the route, an Airbus A310-304 flown by Aeroflot, crashed into the Kuznetsk Alatau mountain range in Kemerovo Oblast, killing all 63 passengers and 12 crew members on board.
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
Four people were killed when a small airplane crashed Tuesday afternoon in Oklahoma City, local authorities said. The plane crashed about 1:30 p.m. at Sundance Airport, a small airport on the ...
18 November 2000 - Dirgantara Air Service Flight 3130, a Britten Norman BN-2 Islander operated by Dirgantara Air Service crashes into a forest due to overloading. Everyone survives. 14 January 2002 - Lion Air Flight 386, a Boeing 737-200 operated by Lion Air crashes on takeoff due to an inappropriate flap setting. Everyone survives.
The Lost Children tells the true story of how Lesly, Tien, Soleiny and Cristin survived both a violent plane crash and over a month of living in the Amazon rainforest.. According to The Washington ...
Captain of Flight 5. Died in another plane crash one year later. [12] 1942-08-25 Sgt Andrew Jack 20 Male C Royal Air Force: Dunbeath Air Crash: 15 [13] 1943-01-22 John Alfred Howard 26 Male P Pan American-Grace Airways: Flight 9 14 [14] 1943-06-14 Foye Kenneth Roberts 22 Male P U.S. Army Air Forces: Bakers Creek air crash: 40 [15] 1946-09-05 ...