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Of the 26 passengers and crew many came from Pennsylvania or other Mid-Atlantic states, however there were two foreign nationals on board: one from France and the other from Lithuania. The crash was the first fatal accident in the history of Allegheny Airlines and was the deadliest until the 1969 crash of Allegheny Airlines Flight 853.
On May 21, 2000, Bear Creek Township was the site of a crash of an Executive Airlines chartered Jetstream 31, it crashed while attempting to land at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. As described by the BBC , the crash occurred in a "wooded area" of the township, near the intersection of Bear Creek Boulevard ( PA-Route 115 ) and the Northeast Extension of ...
The report states that Amtrak estimated that the crash resulted in $2.2 million in damages. [13] [1] Positive train control systems were in place and functional on the train and tracks. [14] However, crews performing work on the stretch of track where the crash occurred failed to deploy a supplemental shunting device while completing track work.
The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes. None of the ...
TWA Flight 15A (TWA 15A), a Douglas DC-2 operated by Transcontinental and Western Air, crashed into a gully in Clifton, Pennsylvania, now Upper Saint Clair, a suburb approximately 7 miles (11 km) south of Pittsburgh. The crash occurred at approximately 6:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on March 25, 1937, killing all 13 passengers and crew members ...
A 9-year-old New York girl was among the five people killed in a crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that also injured at least 60 people, authorities said.
A Pennsylvania man was killed in a two-vehicle crash on Route 80 in Warren County early Tuesday morning, State Police said. Troopers responded to the crash on Route 80 west in Knowlton at 4:16 a.m ...
Pages in category "Railway accidents and incidents in Pennsylvania" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .