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On July 31, 1973, at 11:08 a.m., while on an instrument landing system (ILS) instrument approach into Logan in low clouds and fog, the aircraft descended below the glidepath, struck a seawall, and crashed. All 89 of the occupants aboard were killed, including an initial survivor who died more than 4 months after the crash.
In St. Louis, live news reports about the hijacking prompted David J. Hanley, a 30-year-old businessman, to crash his 1972 Cadillac at 80 mph through two airport fences, travel down the runway at high speed, and crash into the nose gear of the plane, which was beginning to taxi. The demolished car lodged under the fuselage and one wing.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1976 (15 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1976" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The crash probably was caused by the inexperience of the pilot, Ronald Bramlage of Junction City, Kansas, who was killed with his wife and four children. RED Air Flight 203 caught fire at Miami International Airport after landing due to landing gear collapsing, causing a runway excursion. Three minor injuries happened among the 140 passengers ...
In the first crash, an American Airlines jet that was taxiing to its gate clipped the wing of a parked Frontier Airlines plane, local ABC affiliate station WCVB reported. It was very scary. All of ...
The plane “did a million flips, went straight to the ground and exploded,” one witness said. Videos captured the fiery crash.
Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, is located 60 statute miles (97 km) south-southwest of Logan, averaging 76 minutes from Logan via I-90, I-93, and I-95, or a 100-minute ride via the Silver Line SL1 bus to South Station and then the Providence/Stoughton Line commuter rail to T. F. Green Airport station. [219]
World Airways Flight 30 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF airliner which suffered a fatal accident upon landing at Logan International Airport in Boston after departing Newark International Airport in Newark, New Jersey on January 23, 1982. Two of the passengers were never found, and are presumed to have drowned.