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The two aircraft approached each other at high speed and were unable to avoid a mid-air collision. April 6, 1958 47 0 0 Capital Airlines Flight 67: Saginaw Bay, near Freeland: Michigan: Vickers Viscount 745D: The plane experienced severe icing which led to an unrecoverable stall during approach. November 8, 1957 44 0 0 Pan Am Flight 7
Aviation accidents and incidents. An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction. An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety but does not progress to an aviation accident. Preventing accidents and incidents is the main goal of aviation safety.
This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or mid-air collision. As of 14 October 2024, 206 accidents and incidents have resulted in at least 100 fatalities, 34 at least ...
Sonja Sharp. May 1, 2023 at 9:14 PM. Three people died Monday when a small plane crashed into a field in Big Bear, authorities said. The crash was reported around 2 p.m., about a mile from Big ...
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).
The deliberate crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001 constitute, by a large margin, the deadliest aircraft disaster by number of victims on the ground, with a total of approximately 2,600 ground fatalities attributed to the two crashes and ...
1967. Four of six Bar-Kays members died: Ronnie Caldwell, Phalon Jones, Jimmy King and Carl Cunningham. Ben Cauley survived the crash and James Alexander was not on the plane. Also on board and killed was soul singer Otis Redding. Beechcraft Model 18.
McConnell died from injuries while defending herself and her 13-year-old son Kelly from a black bear attack on a boardwalk to the hot springs. Kitchen heard the attack in progress, and was killed while attempting to rescue. Kelly and a 20-year-old man were also injured. The bear was shot while standing over the victims. [148] [149]