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Volaris (legally Concesionaria Vuela Compañía de Aviación S.A.B. de C.V.) is a Mexican low-cost airline based in Santa Fe, Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City with its operating bases in Cancún, Culiacán, Guadalajara, León/Del Bajío, Mexicali, Mexico City, Monterrey, and Tijuana.
Wreckage of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single aircraft crash in history. Japan Airlines Flight 123 – Flight 123 was flying over Japan when part of its vertical stabilizer detached, causing some hydraulic loss which led to losing control. Flight crews tried to recover the plane and head back to Tokyo, but it was too late.
The accident was the first fatal accident involving the A321, and the deadliest plane crash in Pakistan. [ 116 ] On 5 November 2014, Lufthansa Flight 1829, an Airbus A321-231 registered as D-AIDP, was flying from Bilbao to Munich when the aircraft, while on autopilot, lowered the nose into a descent reaching 4000 fpm.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Data retrieved from an investigation into a collision last week between an American Airlines regional passenger jet and a U.S. Army helicopter over the Potomac River in ...
All aboard initially survived the crash, with the fatalities occurring due to the subsequent fire. November 8, 1965 58 4 4 American Airlines Flight 383: Constance: Kentucky: Boeing 727-23: The crew descended prematurely during approach in deteriorating weather and crashed short of the runway due to their loss of altitude awareness. August 16 ...
This is the first crash in which a flight recorder was used to provide details in a crash investigation. The accident was the deadliest aviation disaster in history at the time. December 22 – Philippine Airlines Flight S85 , a Douglas DC-3C, crashed shortly after takeoff due to loss of control following engine failure, killing 28 of 37 on board.
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
It was the second-deadliest plane crash in Texas history but today is largely forgotten. A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash.