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The aircraft was purchased by Des Porter, the accident pilot, who learned that parts used in the tail section of the aircraft had been sourced from another Dragon, also named Riama, which had been owned by his father but was damaged in a 1952 crash landing at Archerfield Airport near Brisbane. Porter himself had survived another accident in a ...
Cathay Dragon is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hong Kong's flag carrier, Cathay Pacific, and was an affiliate member of the Oneworld airline alliance. The airline was founded on 24 May 1985, by Chao Kuang Piu , who was most recently the airline's honorary chairman.
View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. ... Bakers Creek air crash; C. Canal Creek air crash ... 2012 Queensland DH.84 Dragon crash; R. Rewan air crash; T ...
An Australian-built DH.84 Dragon at Woburn Tiger Moth Rally 2007. The Dragon proved very attractive as a short-haul low capacity airliner and was soon in service worldwide. From the 63rd aircraft late in 1933, the Dragon 2, with improvements including individually framed windows and faired undercarriage struts, was produced.
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).
The accident aircraft was de Havilland DH.89A Dragon Rapide G-ACPM, c/n 6251. [1] This aircraft was the first production Dragon Rapide. [2] The aircraft had been entered in the 1934 King's Cup Race by Lord Wakefield but withdrew at Waddington following hail damage. It had been delivered to Hillman's Airways on 27 July. [3]
The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11, as well as United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center, and the subsequent collapse of both towers on 11 September 2001 caused 2,606 ground fatalities in addition to the deaths of the 157 people on board both flights, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
A Horizon Air employee stole an aircraft and committed suicide by intentionally crashing it over an hour later. October 14, 2004 2 0 0 Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701: near Jefferson City: Missouri: Bombardier CRJ200: The ferry flight suffered dual-engine failure at high altitude and a subsequent crash caused by the crew's reckless flying. August ...