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Only four passenger 747-200s were delivered to China Airlines, all from 1979 to 1980. The other three had been in full passenger service until 1999 when they were converted to freighters. They were immediately grounded by the ROC 's Civil Aviation Administration (CAA) after the crash for maintenance checks.
China Airlines Flight 006 was a daily non-stop international passenger flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport. On February 19, 1985, the Boeing 747SP operating the flight was involved in an aircraft upset accident , following the failure of the No. 4 engine, while cruising at 41,000 ft (12,500 m).
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 ...
Firefighters continued to comb the wreckage of the China Eastern Airlines flight 5735 crash site in Wuzhou city, footage released on March 25-26 shows. The remains of all 132 people on board were ...
Name Nationality Year Notability Flight/aircraft Crash site Cause/circumstances Aaliyah: United States 2001 Actress, singer, and model Cessna 402: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. [1] Michael J. Adams: United States 1967 test pilot
Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing 747" The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total. ... China Airlines Flight 006;
MORE: DC plane crash victims: What we know about those aboard American Airlines Flight 5342, Army Black Hawk. Zeghibe identified the skaters from the Skating Club of Boston as Jinna Ha and Spencer ...
Shishkova, 52, and Naumov, 55, were among the 64 passengers killed aboard American Airlines 5342 when it collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over Washington, D.C. Wednesday night.