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Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing Chinook" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11, as well as United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center, and the subsequent collapse of both towers on 11 September 2001 caused 2,606 ground fatalities in addition to the deaths of the 157 people on board both flights, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
25 October – A Bell 206 crashes into a high-voltage transmission tower near Vallejo, California, during bad weather. All three on board are killed, including Bill Graham. 20 November – A Mil Mi-8 belonging to the Azerbaijani Government is shot down by the Armenian military during the Nagorno-Karabakh War and crashes near Karakend. All 22 ...
Deaths and incidents in the world per year according to ACRO and Bureau of Aircraft Accident Archives data, as of January 1, 2019: The reconstructed wreckage of TWA Flight 800 inside a hangar at Calverton Executive Airpark, New York state Location of aircraft crashes from 2012 to 2022
The aircraft developed severe icing on its wings and crashed. The captain was the sole survivor, though he would die a year later in another aviation accident. February 26, 1941 8 8 8 Eastern Air Lines Flight 21: Morrow: Georgia: Douglas DC-3: The aircraft struck terrain during approach due to improperly set altimeters. August 31, 1940 25 0 0
Twenty-nine people were killed when the helicopter crashed on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994.
Dust filters were also added to improve engine reliability. Of the nearly 750 Chinook helicopters in the U.S. and South Vietnam fleets, about 200 were lost in combat or wartime operational accidents. [32] The U.S. Army CH-47s supported the 1st Australian Task Force as required. Troops unload from a CH-47 in the Cay Giep Mountains, Vietnam, 1967.
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).