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Flying Tiger Line, also known as Flying Tigers, was the first scheduled cargo airline in the United States and a major military charter operator during the Cold War era for both cargo and personnel (the latter with leased aircraft).
All Nippon Airways Flight 857 was a scheduled domestic flight from Tokyo Haneda Airport to Hakodate Airport that was hijacked by a lone individual on June 21, 1995. The aircraft was boarded by police the next morning following an over-night standoff, in the first instance where force was used to respond to an aircraft hijacking in Japan, led by the Hokkaido Prefectural Police with support from ...
Air India Flight 182 and 1985 Narita International Airport bombing: A Boeing 747 flying from Montreal to London suffered an explosion in the forward cargo hold, causing rapid decompression and the break-up of the aircraft. It was the deadliest aircraft bombing with 329 killed, and the largest mass murder in Canadian history. A second bomb ...
The following edited transmissions took place between Anchorage Center, the air traffic control facility for that region, and KLM 867: [4] Pilot: KLM 867 heavy is reaching level 250 heading 140 Anchorage Center: Okay, Do you have good sight on the ash plume at this time? Pilot: Yea, it's just cloudy it could be ashes. It's just a little browner ...
Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 46E was a scheduled cargo flight on 31 March 1993, operated by Evergreen International Airlines, on behalf of Japan Air Lines, from Anchorage International Airport, in Anchorage, Alaska, to O'Hare International Airport, in Chicago. After departure, while climbing through 2,000 feet, the pylon for engine two detached ...
Alaska Air Taxi: Alaska: 1995: 2006: Operated Texas Turbines Super Otter [159] Alaska Air Transport: Alaska: Juneau: 1935 1939 Merged with Marine Airways to form Alaska Coastal Airlines. Alaska Cargo: Alaska: 2004: 2004 [160] Alaska Central Airways: Alaska: Ruby: 1974: 1981: Founded as Tanana Air Taxi. Acquired by Harold’s Air Service in 1981 ...
Two US airlines are scrambling to deal with cancellations and newly mandated inspections in the wake of the mid-flight blowout aboard an Alaska Airlines flight.
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: 5 crew and 83 passengers.