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The DC-3 was struck by the B-34 as its pilot was attempting to get closer to it to establish visual communication with the first officer, as the two were friends. The DC-3 lost control and crashed, killing all on board, while the B-34 landed successfully with minor damage. January 16, 1942 22 0 0 TWA Flight 3: Potosi Mountain: Nevada: Douglas DC-3
List of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in 50 or more fatalities. Initial sort order is by total fatalities (descending) and then by date (most recent to most distant). Deaths T Incident [a] Aircraft Location Phase Airport Distance Date Tot C P G N; est. 1,700 [b] 11 81 est. 1,600 † INH American Airlines Flight 11: Boeing 767-223ER
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Sixty passengers and four crew members people aboard the American jet were killed, as well as the three soldiers in the copter. As of Saturday, all of of the plane and chopper wreckage had been ...
Days later, the fatal crash of a Medevac jet in Philadelphia killed seven people and injured more than 20 others. On Thursday, a small airplane carrying 10 people in Alaska went missing and was ...
American Airlines Flight 1 crashed into a swamp near Goodwin on January 14, 1936; the flight, disintegrated on impact, killing all 17 people on board. "With great difficulty the bodies of the victims were brought out of the marsh where their bodies were found scattered among fragments of the shattered plane."
After drifting out of DC airspace and into northern Virginia, the plane finally crashed to earth in a remote mountain region between Staunton and Montebello in the Shenandoah Valley, about 150 ...
Aaliyah and seven of the eight others on board were killed instantly. [17] Scott Gallin, Aaliyah's security guard, survived the crash, but died shortly afterwards. According to the paramedics on scene, he spent his last moments asking about Aaliyah's condition. [10] [18] One witness recalled the condition of the bodies: "It was an awful sight.