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American Airlines Flight 96 (AA96/AAL96) was a regular domestic flight operated by American Airlines from Los Angeles to New York via Detroit and Buffalo. On June 12, 1972, after takeoff from Detroit, Michigan, the left rear cargo door of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10 operating the flight blew open and broke off above Windsor, Ontario, the accident is thus sometimes referred to as the Windsor ...
On 12 June 1972, American Airlines Flight 96, a relatively new McDonnell Douglas DC-10, was severely damaged after losing a rear cargo door while flying over Windsor, Ontario, while en route to Buffalo Niagara International Airport. The pilots very nearly lost control of the trijet, but they were able to land the aircraft safely using ...
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route ( registration N651AA [ 1 ] ) crashed into a mountain in Buga , Colombia, around 9:40 pm killing 151 of ...
The DC-10's first accident happened on the 12 June 1972 with American Airlines Flight 96. The aircraft suffered a cargo door failure due to a design flaw, leading to rapid decompression. The pilot managed to make an emergency landing and all 67 occupants escaped safely. [3]
American Eagle Flight 5342, traveling from Wichita, Kansas, was carrying 64 people. The Black Hawk Army chopper held three people. Officials said on Feb. 4 that the remains of all of the victims ...
A view of the American Airlines plane in the water after it collided in midair with a military helicopter and crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. United States on Jan. 30, 2025.
American Airlines Flight 2: Mississippi River, 18 miles SW of Memphis: Tennessee: Douglas DC-3: The flight crashed for unknown reasons. October 15, 1943 11 0 0 American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Missouri) Centerville: Tennessee: Douglas DC-3: The aircraft developed severe icing which eventually made it unable to maintain altitude, causing it ...
The plane, Sabena Flight 548, was carrying the team to the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Along with the team, 16 family members, coaches and friends of the skaters ...