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It unexpectedly flew into an isolated thunderstorm hovering very close to the field. The storm created a dangerous "wind shear", or "microburst", dashing it into the ground just slightly more than a mile north of the outer perimeter. [2] The film incorporated the true-life stories of many of the 152 passengers and 11 crew members on board.
The Texas Department of Public Safety announced that rescue units had discovered no survivors. [7] The wreckage was spread over a 2- to 4-square-mile (10 km 2) area, and some pieces fell into the Colorado River. [8] Diamonds worth approximately $500,000 (1991 value; $1,100,000 [9] in 2023) were discovered in the wreckage, but they had no role ...
We Are Marshall is a 2006 American biographical sports drama film directed by McG.It depicts the aftermath of the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 people: 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, five coaches, two athletic trainers, the athletic director, 25 boosters, and the airplane crew of five.
It was the second-deadliest plane crash in Texas history but today is largely forgotten. A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash.
Braniff International Airways Flight 352 was a scheduled domestic flight from William P. Hobby Airport in Houston, Texas, United States, to Dallas Love Field in Dallas; on May 3, 1968, a Lockheed L-188A Electra flying on the route, registration N9707C, broke up in midair and crashed near Dawson, Texas, after flying into a severe thunderstorm.
First responders work the scene after a plane crashed on a highway Wednesday, Dec. 11, in Victoria, Texas. AP Caution tape surrounds the scene after a plane crashed on a highway Wednesday, Dec. 11 ...
The crash happened at 7:54 p.m. local time, according to a post by the Houston Fire Department on X, formerly known as Twitter. All four people onboard the craft were killed, said Diaz. The FAA ...
The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, MSN 47196, originally registered as CF-TLU, that was manufactured in 1968 and was delivered to Air Canada on April 7. . It had logged 36,825 airframe hours and 34,987 takeoff and landing cycles and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engin