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A bomb exploded underneath a passenger's seat. The passenger died, but the plane landed safely in Honolulu. July 9, 1982 153 4 0 Pan Am Flight 759: Kenner: Louisiana: Boeing 727-200: The aircraft experienced a microburst shortly after takeoff, causing a rapid, unrecoverable descent. All on board and 8 on the ground were killed. January 23, 1982 ...
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).
United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled passenger flight on March 3, 1991, from Denver to Colorado Springs, Colorado, carrying 20 passengers and 5 crew members on board. The plane experienced a rudder hardover while on final approach to runway 35 at Colorado Springs Municipal Airport , causing the plane to roll over and enter an uncontrolled ...
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON/Star-Telegram There have been 2,751 aircraft crashes with a fatality in Texas in more than ...
The May 3, 1968, crash of Braniff Flight 352 south of Fort Worth was the deadliest airline disaster in Texas history at the time, killing all 85 on board. But the tragedy has largely been forgotten.
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 ...
Two crashes claim the joint title of 1961's deadliest plane crash. The first took place on 10 May, when Air France Flight 406 , a Lockheed L-1649 Starliner was destroyed by a terrorist bomb over the Sahara desert in Algeria , killing all 78 people on board.
The Oct. 2, 1970, crash on Mount Trelease about 40 miles west of Denver – one of the worst tragedies in college sports history – killed 31 people, including 14 players, 14 staff members ...