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United Air Lines Flight 608 was a Douglas DC-6 airliner, registration NC37510, on a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles to Chicago when it crashed at 12:29 pm on October 24, 1947, about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) southeast of Bryce Canyon Airport, Utah, United States. [1] None of the 5 crew members and 47 passengers on board survived.
United Airlines Flight 826; United Air Lines Flight 859; ... 1955 MacArthur Airport United Air Lines crash; N. 1960 New York mid-air collision; U. United Airlines ...
On April 4, 1955, a United Air Lines Douglas DC-6 named Mainliner Idaho crashed shortly after taking off from Long Island MacArthur Airport, in Ronkonkoma, Islip, New York, United States. The flight was operated for the purpose of maintaining the currency of the instrument rating of two of the airline's pilots. Shortly after takeoff and only ...
United Airlines Flight 615: near Decoto: California: Douglas DC-6B: The pilot ignored instrument approach procedures and attempted to rely on an automatic direction finder which led the plane off course and below the necessary altitude, leading to a crash into terrain. June 30, 1951 50 0 0 United Airlines Flight 610: near Fort Collins: Colorado ...
A flight attendant was injured and some passengers were frightened when, officials said, a mid-air Allegiant flight had to “initiate a climb” to avoid colliding with another plane. The ...
When Haynes died in August 2019, United Airlines issued a statement thanking him for "his exceptional efforts aboard Flight UA232". [38] As with the Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crash of a similarly sized Lockheed L-1011 in 1972, the relatively shallow angle of descent [d] likely played a large part in the relatively high survival rate. [39]
Federal data analyzed by Time Magazine in 2015, which looked at 17 crashes between 1985 and 2000 that had both survivors and fatalities and seat maps available, found the back third of the ...
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 ...