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All four crewmembers died in the crash. Of the eighteen passengers, only two survived. [1] After the loss of the Flagship Ohio, American Airlines replaced the aircraft on the Cleveland-Columbus-Dayton-Cincinnati-Louisville-Nashville-Memphis route with sister DC-3 Flagship Missouri.
This crash is covered in detail in the book Air Disaster (Vol. 1) by Macarthur Job, illustrated by Matthew Tesch, and also in Deadly Turbulence: The Air Safety Lessons of Braniff Flight 250 and Other Airliners, 1959-1966, by Steve Pollock. [18] The U.S. television drama Mad Men referenced this accident briefly in the season 5 episode "Signal 30".
Wien Consolidated Airlines Flight 55 crashed into Pedro Bay, killing all 39 on board on December 2, 1968, after encountering extreme air turbulence and suffering structural failure. [14] The accident is the third-worst accident involving a Fairchild F-27. [15]
Everything you need to know about how turbulence can impact your flight
One passenger died and 30 others were injured aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that was hit by "severe turbulence," officials said Tuesday, but experts say such deaths are rare even as ...
One person is dead, and 30 are injured after a Singapore Airlines flight hit severe turbulence. "We can confirm that there are injuries and one fatality on board the Boeing 777-300ER," said SIA ...
The crash remains Italy's worst single-aircraft disaster. [1] 14 June 1972 Japan Airlines Flight 471, a DC-8-53 (JA8012, named Akan) crashed in the River Yamuna while on approach to Palam Airport, India, killing 82 of 87 on board and three on the ground. The cause was disputed, with Japanese investigators claiming a false glide path signal ...
A 73-year-old British man died and more than 70 people were injured May 21, 2024 in what passengers described as a terrifying scene aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that hit severe turbulence ...