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Aeroméxico Flight 498 was a scheduled commercial flight from Mexico City, Mexico, to Los Angeles, California, United States, with several intermediate stops.On Sunday, August 31, 1986, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight was clipped in the tail section by N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Cherokee owned by the Kramer family, and crashed into the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos, killing all ...
A passenger entered the cockpit and shot the captain and then the first officer and finally himself, causing the aircraft fall out of control in a murder-suicide. The incident led to an FAA requirement to keep the cockpit door locked during flight in most circumstances. March 1, 1964 85 0 0 Paradise Airlines Flight 901A: near Lake Tahoe: California
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).
No.1 engine broke off due to faulty maintenance procedure; slats retracted, leading the plane to stall and crash 1981-06-02 NLM CityHopper Flight 431: Netherlands: Moerdijk: Fokker F28 Fellowship: Severe weather 17 Starboard wing detached from airframe due to loads exceeding design limits after the aircraft entered a tornado. 1982-03-11 ...
USAir Flight 1493 collided while attempting to land with a plane attempting to take off on the same runway in Los Angeles on February 1, 1991. All 12 people aboard the smaller plane were killed, as were an eventual total of 23 of the 89 passengers on the Boeing 737. [42]
Oklahoma City firefighters were called to the vicinity of the airport at 1:27 p.m. As they arrived, they could see a plume of smoke east of the runway. "It looked like the plane had crashed into ...
A tragic plane crash near Interstate 40 in Nashville that claimed the lives of five people is still under investigation.. The single engine plane flying from Kentucky crashed shortly before 7:45 p ...
The cockpit of a Piper PA-28-151 Cherokee Warrior (2016) For the Cherokee family, Piper used their traditional flight-control configuration. The horizontal tail is a stabilator with an antiservo tab (sometimes termed an antibalance tab). The antiservo tab moves in the same direction of the stabilator movement, making pitch control "heavier" as ...