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American Airlines Flight 1572 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois to Bradley International Airport near Hartford, Connecticut. On November 12, 1995, Flight 1572 was operated using a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, a twin-engine, narrow-body jet airliner (registration N566AA).
One of the final MD-80s built, an MD-83 for TWA, operating for American Airlines after the two companies merged. The second-generation, MD-80 series, passenger airliners have longer fuselages as well as longer range than their earlier counterparts, the first-generation of the DC-9 family.
Flight 37, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1 (N11002) narrowly averted a mid-air collision with American Airlines Flight 182, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10. [46] December 22, 1975 Flight 841, a Boeing 707-331B (N18701), crashed short of the runway while landing at Malpensa Airport; all 125 on board survived. [47] November 27, 1978
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1930 until it was acquired by American Airlines in 2001. It was formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis, Kansas City, and other stops, with Ford Trimotors.
American Airlines Flight 132 was a regularly scheduled flight from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport to Nashville International Airport. On February 3, 1988, the McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating this route experienced an in-flight fire shortly before landing at its destination.
February 3, 1988: American Airlines Flight 132, an MD-83, flying from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Nashville International Airport, experienced a cargo-hold fire because of a chemical reaction resulting from undeclared and improperly packaged hazardous materials. No fatalities resulted, but 13 people were seriously injured.
American Airlines [8] ... American's previous livery on an MD-83 at O'Hare International Airport in May 2012. ... US Airways, Reno Air, TWA, ...
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 ...