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The aircraft sharply turned south before going into a rapid descent. Witnesses to the crash described the plane as entering a nosedive; some also recalled hearing "what sounded like lightning" before the Boeing 767 collided with the ground. [16] [17] At 12:36 CST (18:36 UTC), radar and radio contact was lost. There was no distress call. [18]
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON/Star-Telegram There have been 2,751 aircraft crashes with a fatality in Texas in more than ...
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 ...
Families visit plane crash site days after disaster. Third helicopter pilot names as Capt Rebecca M. Lobach. Data from all three aircraft 'black boxes' being extracted. Photos show removal of ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
All 67 people aboard both aircraft were killed in the crash, including 64 passengers and crew on the airliner and the 3 crew of the helicopter. It was the first major U.S. commercial passenger flight crash in nearly 16 years since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009, and the deadliest U.S. air disaster in nearly 24 years.
A student pilot flying a plane from a North Texas flight school told the air traffic controller he was headed to East Texas and abruptly cut off communication about an hour before crashing in an ...
The fire-damaged flight data recorders were retrieved from the wreckage of N987AK. [9] In November, the NTSB revealed that both the aircraft's elevators were found to be jammed in the down position. A similar condition had been found in the crash of Ameristar Charters Flight 9363, an MD-83, four years earlier. [10]