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On 31 July 2010, a Convair CV-580 Airtanker aircraft operated by Conair Aviation crashed while on a firefighting mission near Lytton, British Columbia, Canada.Both crew members, the only people on board, were killed.
Con Air was released theatrically on June 6, 1997 by Buena Vista Pictures through Touchstone Pictures and was a box office success, grossing over $224 million against a production budget of $75 million. The film received mixed reviews from critics with praise for its acting, musical score and action sequences.
The flight's first officer, the crash's only survivor, was later featured in a film about sole survivors of plane crashes. The opening skit of the 2006 Emmy Awards featured host Conan O'Brien getting into a plane crash similar to the TV show Lost. The Emmys were airing the same night as the plane crash. The skit was criticized and called ...
A U.S. Marshal on a "Con Air" flight. Patch of JPATS, Air Operations Division, Air Crew. The Justice Prisoner and Alien Transportation System (JPATS), nicknamed "Con Air", [1] is a United States Marshals Service airline charged with the transportation of persons in legal custody between prisons, detention centers, courthouses, and other locations.
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He had been employed at Western Air Lines for 12 years and had 9,803 hours of logged flight experience. [4] [18] During the investigation of the crash, his coworkers described him as being an experienced pilot with a high level of poise in stressful situations. [5] The first officer was Robert E. Crowther, a resident of Salt Lake City. [9]
The 1988 crash of Delta Flight 1141 was the last major commercial accident at Dallas-Fort Worth. Ahead of the 35th anniversary, these Star-Telegram photos of the scene are published for the first ...
The cause of the crash was fuel starvation as a result of improper fuel cross-feed application. [86] September 1, 2008: An Air Tahoma CV-580 freighter (N587X) conducting its first flight following a maintenance "C" Check, crashed in Pickaway County, Ohio, immediately after departure from Columbus's Rickenbacker International Airport. The crew ...