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On April 22, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 of Delta Air Lines and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant of the Tuskegee Aviation Institute collided in mid-air above Muscogee County Airport (now Columbus Airport) in Georgia, United States, and crashed. All nine people on board both aircraft, including eight Delta executives, were killed in the accident.
Former Our Gang actor Bobby Hutchins was killed in a mid-air collision while trying to land a North American AT-6D Texan, 42-86536, of the 3026th Base Unit when it hit a North American AT-6C Texan (42-49068, of the same unit) at Merced Army Air Field in Merced, California during a training exercise. The other pilot, Edward F. Hamel, survived.
This is a list of notable accidents and incidents involving mid-air collisions. [1] [2] [3] In aviation, a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1947 (22 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1947" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
On June 13, 1947, the aircraft serving the flight, a Douglas DC-4, crashed into Lookout Rock in the West Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains, [1] while en route to Washington. All 50 passengers and crew on board were killed [ 2 ] in what was at the time the second-worst airplane accident in the history of U.S. domestic air travel.
In 1947, Eastern Air Lines Flight 854 crashed during its approach to Washington ... First responders search through cold Potomac River for survivors after mid-air collision. Show comments.
Analysis of Mid-Air Collisions, One of the most hazardous consequences of a loss of separation between aircraft, including as a result of a level bust, is a mid-air collision SKYbrary; Indepth Backgrounder: Mid-air collision, CBC; James Albright (Mar 28, 2017). "Big Sky Redefined". Business & Commercial Aviation. Aviation Week.
Mid-February Blohm & Voss BV 222 V1, X4+AH, of air transport squadron Lufttransportstaffel 222 (LTS 222), sinks following a collision with a submerged wreck while landing at Piraeus harbour, Greece. Between 1942 and 1943, the aircraft flew in the Mediterranean theatre. 17 February