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Fuel dumping of an Airbus A340-600 above the Atlantic Ocean near Nova Scotia Fuel dump nozzle of an Airbus A340-300. Fuel dumping (or a fuel jettison) is a procedure used by aircraft in certain emergency situations before a return to the airport shortly after takeoff, or before landing short of the intended destination (emergency landing) to reduce the aircraft's weight.
The Boeing 727 is an American narrow-body airliner that was developed and produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. After the heavier 707 quad-jet was introduced in 1958, Boeing addressed the demand for shorter flight lengths from smaller airports.
Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 was the fatal crash of a Boeing 727 in the eastern United States on December 1, 1974 in Harriman State Park near Stony Point, New York, just north of the New York City area. The Northwest Airlines 727 had been chartered to pick up the Baltimore Colts professional football team in Buffalo in western New York ...
The crash of Flight 182 was preceded by a near-tragedy almost ten years earlier (also involving Pacific Southwest Airlines), when, on January 15, 1969, a PSA Boeing 727-214 (#N973PS) had collided with Cessna 182L (#N42242) on-ascent from San Francisco International Airport, bound for Ontario International Airport. The 727 continued-on to ...
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
The aircraft involved, manufactured in 1965, was a 13 year old Boeing 727-31, registered as N840TW with serial number 18905. In its 14 years of service, it had accumulated about 35,412 hours. In its 14 years of service, it had accumulated about 35,412 hours.
Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 was a Piedmont Airlines Boeing 727-22 that collided with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on July 19, 1967, over Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States. [2] Both aircraft were destroyed and all passengers and crew were killed, [ 2 ] including John T. McNaughton , an advisor to U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara .
Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 N473DA, the Boeing 727-200 involved in the accident, seen at LaGuardia Airport in 1980 Accident Date August 31, 1988 (1988-08-31) Summary Crashed on takeoff after failure to configure flaps and slats Site Dallas/Fort Worth Int'l Airport, Euless, Texas, United States 32°52′13″N 097°03′04″W / 32.87028°N 97.05111°W / 32.87028; -97.05111 Aircraft ...