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Ferguson v. NTSB, 678 F. 2d 821 (9th Cir. 1982) is a landmark aviation ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit handed down on June 2, 1982.. On July 31, 1979, Lowell G. Ferguson was the captain of a Western Airlines Boeing 737-200 jetliner operating as Flight 44 from Los Angeles, California, to seven destinations, including Las Vegas, Nevada; Denver, Colorado; and ...
The pilots were hailed as heroes for landing the plane only using the throttles. A DC-3 owned by and carrying the Minneapolis Lakers NBA team made an emergency landing in a cornfield near Carroll, Iowa, on January 17, 1960. The DC-3 had lost all electrical power. Future NBA Hall of Fame player Elgin Baylor was on board. [92]
wreckage and bodies not found for more than 37 months after crash José Sanjurjo: Spain 1936 General/Coup Leader/Aspiring Dictator Small Biplane Estoril, Portugal Overloaded Cargo Pablo Santos: Mexico 2006 Actor Piper PA-46: Toluca, Mexico Richard C. Saufley: United States 1916 U.S. Navy aviation pioneer, altitude and endurance record holder
The captain was 30-year-old Chris Miles, who had been with Pacific Western Airlines since 1967 and became a Boeing 737 captain 10 years later in 1977. He had 5,173 flight hours, including 2,780 hours on the Boeing 737. The first officer was 25-year-old Peter Van Oort, who had been with the airline since 1971 and became a 737 first officer in 1977.
Federal authorities and Boeing are trying to figure out why a 737 Max 8 experienced a rare, unsafe back-and-forth roll during flight. Investigation underway into rare, unsafe airliner roll ...
March 31, 1975: Western Flight 470 was landing at Casper Airport when it overshot the runway, and struck a shallow irrigation ditch before stopping about 800 feet beyond the departure end of the runway. Weather conditions at the time were at minimum visibility with light snow. The Boeing 737-200 was written off beyond repair.
United Airlines confirmed to Scripps News that United flight 433, a Boeing 737-800 jet, was discovered to have a large panel missing from the site of the plane after it landed at Rogue Valley ...
A body was discovered in the wheel well of a United Airlines flight that arrived in Maui from Chicago.. Flight UA202 arrived at the Kahului Airport on Tuesday afternoon. On the ground, officials ...