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Toronto Pearson is under a ground delay "due to an aircraft emergency," according to the National Airspace System Status from the FAA, with an average delay of 292 minutes.
A Delta Air Lines jet flipped on its roof while landing Monday at Toronto’s Pearson Airport, but all 80 people on board survived and those hurt had relatively minor injuries, the airport’s ...
The crash prompted Toronto Pearson International to temporarily shut down all five of its runways Monday afternoon, causing delays at the country’s busiest airport and forcing several flights to ...
The crew failed to maintain sufficient altitude awareness during approach in poor visibility, largely due to distracting themselves with impertinent conversation. The accident was the first to eventually precipitate the sterile cockpit rule. January 30, 1974 96 5 5 Pan Am Flight 806: Pago Pago: American Samoa: Boeing 707-321B
Later investigation shows that the pressurisation cycle of the plane caused water to push inside the bearing and corroded it, resulting in the elevator to stick. June 11, 1979: Delta Air Lines Flight 1061, a L-1011, was hijacked while operating its flight between New York's LaGuardia Airport and Fort Lauderdale. The flight landed safely in Cuba ...
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).
Delta Flight 4819, operated by Delta subsidiary Endeavor Air, departed from Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport and crashed at the airport, located mostly in the suburb of Mississauga, west ...
In command was 56-year-old Captain Jack McMahan, who had 23,000 flight hours, of which 2,000 were in the L-1011. The first officer, 34-year-old Wilbur Radford, had 10,000 flight hours, 1,500 were on the L-1011, and 30-year-old Flight Engineer Steven Heidt having 500 out of his 5,000 total flight hours on the L-1011.