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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 ...
CGI rendering of the 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision In aviation , a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight . [ 1 ] Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of ...
2002 Shangri-La Air Twin Otter crash; ... 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision This page was last edited on 8 May 2020, at 13:17 (UTC). Text is ...
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 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision, 2002 – ATC shortcomings; Air India Express Flight 611, tail strike and antenna collision on takeoff, 2018 – captain seat ...
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 ...
2016 Russian Defence Ministry Tupolev Tu-154 crash; A. Aeroflot Flight 141; ... 1993 Tehran mid-air collision; U. 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision; V.
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 ...
October 10 – United Air Lines Trip 23, a Boeing 247, exploded in mid-air over Chesterton, Indiana, United States, in the first proven case of air sabotage on a commercial aircraft; all seven on board were killed. December 30 – In the 1933 Imperial Airways Ruysselede crash in Belgium, an Avro Ten struck a radio mast, killing all 10 on board.