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A hull loss is an aviation accident that damages the aircraft beyond economic repair, [1] resulting in a total loss.The term also applies to situations where the aircraft is missing, the search for its wreckage is terminated, or the wreckage is logistically inaccessible.
Pan Am Flight 93 was the first hull loss of a Boeing 747 (747-121), the result of terrorism after it was hijacked by the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine. On September 6, 1970, a new Pan American World Airways aircraft flying from Amsterdam to New York City was hijacked and flown first to Beirut, then to Cairo. Shortly after the ...
As of March 2024, 180 aviation accidents and incidents have occurred, [1] including 38 hull-loss accidents, [2] resulting in a total of 1490 fatalities. [ 3 ] Through to 2015, the Airbus A320 family has experienced 0.12 fatal hull-loss accidents for every million takeoffs, and 0.26 total hull-loss accidents for every million takeoffs; one of ...
Annex 13 defines an aviation incident as an occurrence, other than an accident, associated with the operation of an aircraft that affects or could affect the safety of operation. [3] A hull loss occurs if an aircraft is damaged beyond repair, is lost, or becomes completely inaccessible. [4]
The right side of the fuselage suffered considerable fire damage. The right wing collapsed about midway along its length. American subsequently declared the aircraft a hull loss. The accident marks the 17th hull loss of a Boeing 767. [9] [10]
This was both the first fatal crash of a Tupolev Tu-134 and also was the first hull loss of one. [2] 7 October 1969 A Malév Hungarian Airlines Tu-134 (HA-LBC) with 53 people on board sustained substantial damage when landing at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol after the right hand landing gear retracted. There were no casualties. [3] 19 November 1969
[1]: 3 The aircraft subsequently was written off as a hull loss. The accident represents the second fatal accident and fifth hull loss of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10. The accident represents the second fatal accident and fifth hull loss of a McDonnell Douglas DC-10.
The Boeing 767, registration SP-LPC, was extensively damaged and LOT deemed the aircraft a hull loss. [21] The accident represents the 14th hull loss of a Boeing 767. [22] In November 2013, two years after the incident, the aircraft was scrapped. [23]