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On 1 July 2002, BAL Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet, and DHL International Aviation ME Flight 611, a Boeing 757 cargo jet, collided in mid-air over Überlingen, a southern German town on Lake Constance, near the German-Swiss border. All of the passengers and crew aboard both planes were killed, resulting in a ...
The plane was converted into cargo configuration in March 1999, and was delivered to the Belgian division of European Air Transport, under whom it operated as DHL, on 22 September 2000. [8] The plane had an experienced crew of three - two Belgians, 38-year-old Captain Éric Gennotte and 29-year-old First Officer Steeve Michielsen, and a ...
On July 1, 2002, a Bashkirian Tupolev Tu-154 and a DHL Boeing 757 cargo plane collide while they are over Überlingen, Germany and crash, killing all 71 people on board, including 45 Russian schoolchildren on a trip to Barcelona. Having lost his entire family, Vitaly Kaloyev would later murder the air traffic controller.
One person was killed when a cargo plane crashed early Monday morning as it came in to land at Lithuania's Vilnius Airport. In a press release, the airport confirmed the crash, which it said was ...
MORE: DHL cargo plane crashes in Lithuania, killing 1, local officials say. The government has ordered an investigation under the country's criminal code, which calls for probes into "'Improper ...
An airport spokesperson said the plane was a Boeing 737-400. Rescue services said the plane hit the ground, split into pieces and slid over 100 metres (110 yards) before crashing into the building.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2002 (24 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 2002" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total.
A DHL cargo plane crashed into a house near Lithuania's Vilnius airport. The plane was a Boeing 737 aircraft en route from Leipzig, Germany. At least one person was killed in the crash, according ...