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1978 San Diego mid air collision, a Cessna 172 Skyhawk N7711G and a PSA 727-214 N533PS collided over San Diego on September 25 1978 killing over 135 passengers on the 727 and 2 on the Cessna, 7 were killed on ground making it 144 deaths. and injuring 9 on ground. 727 crashed at 9:02:04.5 PST
California: Boeing 727-200, Cessna 172: The Boeing 727 experienced a mid-air collision with a private aircraft during approach due to their failure to strictly adhere to air traffic control procedures, killing everyone aboard both aircraft as well as 7 on the ground. May 8, 1978 3 11 55 National Airlines Flight 193: Escambia Bay, near Pensacola ...
3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
List of aviation accidents and incidents in the war in Afghanistan; List of Soviet aircraft losses during the Soviet–Afghan War; List of Russian aircraft losses in the Second Chechen War; List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Iraq War; List of aviation shootdowns and accidents during the Libyan Civil War (2011)
It was the second fatal helicopter crash in Southern California this week. On Tuesday, five Marines died when a military craft went down in Pine Valley, about 40 miles east of San Diego. The ...
The commercial helicopter pilot and two medical crew members were killed, and the helicopter was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire. [2] On July 30, 2008, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its probable-cause report on the accident. According to the NTSB, the probable cause of the crash was "the pilot's ...
Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver, BuNo 19866, had a stalled engine during a target run and crashed into Lower Otay Reservoir near San Diego, California. Navy pilot E. D. Frazar of Richmond, Texas and United States Army gunner Joseph Metz of Youngstown, Ohio survived, swam ashore, and hitchhiked back to Ream Field.
Two firefighting helicopters collided while responding to a blaze in Southern California, sending one to the ground in a crash that killed all three people on board. The crash late Sunday ...