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On 1 July 2002, BAL Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 passenger jet, and DHL International Aviation ME Flight 611, a Boeing 757 cargo jet, collided in mid-air over Überlingen, a southern German town on Lake Constance, near the German-Swiss border. All of the passengers and crew aboard both planes were killed, resulting in a ...
Beside his portrayal in news reports, Kaloyev has been portrayed in many forms of media in the years after the Überlingen mid-air collision. Films. The crash and the subsequent killing of the ATC were used as the basis of a film produced by German and Swiss TV stations SWR and SF, called Flug in die Nacht – Das Unglück von Überlingen ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2002 ... 2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter crash; Sknyliv air show disaster; ... 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision
It is based on events and people surrounding the 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision of a passenger airliner with a cargo jet, [4] although the names, places, nationalities, and incidents were changed. It was released on video on demand.
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 ...
Last month's mid-air collision near Washington, D.C., was the first fatal American commercial air disaster since shortly after 10 p.m. on February 12, 2009, when Colgan Air Flight 3407 fell out of ...
The vigil was for victims of American Airlines Flight 5342 and the Army helicopter that were involved in a mid-air collision near the Reagan Washington National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Southwest Air Lines Flight 611, landing accident, 1982 – pilot error, runway overrun; China Airlines Flight 611, crashed 2002, with 225 deaths – poor repairs; DHL Flight 611, in the Überlingen mid-air collision, 2002 – ATC shortcomings; Air India Express Flight 611, tail strike and antenna collision on takeoff, 2018 – captain seat failure