Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu.
United Airlines Flight 585; United Air Lines Flight 608; United Air Lines Flight 610; United Air Lines Flight 615; United Air Lines Flight 624; United Air Lines Flight 629; United Airlines Flight 663 incident; United Airlines Flight 696; United Air Lines Flight 736; United Airlines Flight 811; United Air Lines Flight 823; United Airlines Flight 826
February 19 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 66, a Boeing 747-247F cargo aircraft, crashes near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing the entire crew of four. February 24 – A cargo door failure causes a piece of fuselage to detach from United Airlines Flight 811, a Boeing 747-122, over the Pacific Ocean near Honolulu, Hawaii.
United Airlines Flight 227 crashed short of the runway while attempting a scheduled landing at Salt Lake City International Airport, on November 11, 1965. [179] United Airlines Flight 608 crashed on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, killing all on board. [180]
The list of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failures summarizes notable accidents and incidents such as the 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash due to a bombing and a 1964 B-52 test that landed after the vertical stabilizer broke off. Loss of structural integrity during flight can be caused by: faulty design
An American Airlines flight departing New York's LaGuardia Airport on Thursday evening had to divert to nearby John F. Kennedy International shortly after takeoff after a reported bird strike ...
The aircraft did not disintegrate, and made a safe emergency landing in Honolulu. United Airlines Flight 811: a Boeing 747 carrying three flight crew, 15 cabin crew, and 337 passengers from Honolulu to Auckland on February 24, 1989, suffered rapid decompression when a cargo door separated from the aircraft while climbing to cruise altitude ...
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!