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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]
Initial answers to the question of why a cargo jet abruptly plummeted into shallow water off the Texas coast last week could be days away, FreightWaves has learned. Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings ...
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 ...
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.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced that rescue units had discovered no survivors. [7] The wreckage was spread over a 2- to 4-square-mile (10 km 2) area, and some pieces fell into the Colorado River. [8] Diamonds worth approximately $500,000 (1991 value; $1,200,000 [9] in 2024) were discovered in the wreckage, but they had no role ...
The crash occurred after a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter collided with American Airlines flight 5342 just before 9 p.m. local time as the plane was preparing to land at Reagan National Airport.
The crash was the subject of a Discovery Channel television series Curiosity 2-hour episode "Plane Crash". [14] [15] The episode was aired on 7 October 2012, and narrated by Josh Charles. [15] [16] The 1-hour-35-minute episode "The Plane Crash" aired on Channel 4 in Britain on 11 October 2012.