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Continental Airlines Flight 1404 was a Continental Airlines domestic flight from Denver International Airport in Denver, Colorado, to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. [1] On the evening of December 20, 2008, the flight crashed while taking off from Denver, resulting in two critical injuries, 36 noncritical injuries, and a ...
The cause of the accident was stated to be birdstrikes affecting both engines. The port undercarriage of the 737 collapsed. [131] Of the 6 crew and 166 passengers on board, [132] two crew and eight passengers were taken to hospital with minor injuries. [133] The engines and undercarriage were damaged along with the rear fuselage by contact with ...
The aircraft suffered a dual-engine flameout due to high levels of water ingestion from severe precipitation, leading to a loss of control. June 17, 1979 1 4 or 5 9 Air New England Flight 248: Yarmouth: Massachusetts: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter: The aircraft crashed during approach, killing only the pilot. May 30, 1979 17 1 1 Downeast ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Federal Aviation Administration plans to convene a review board in the coming weeks to consider safety concerns about engines on Boeing 737 MAX airplanes after two bird ...
It comes after two incidents on Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 Max jets last year. In March 2023, smoke poured into the cabin after a bird hit an engine shortly after takeoff from Cuba. Smoke also ...
Engine turbine damage from TACA Flight 110. NTSB investigators determined that the aircraft had inadvertently flown into a level 4 thunderstorm and that water ingestion had caused both engines to flame out, during descent with lower engine RPM, despite them being certified to meeting Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) standards for water ...
Injury or death by engine ingestion is uncommon, but not unprecedented. An Alabama airport worker died after being sucked into a jet engine on New Year's Eve. Injury or death by engine ingestion ...
[1]: 7 The aircraft was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engines. [1]: 7 It was originally delivered to Air Canada in May 1966 and sold to Texas International Airlines in 1968, where it served the majority of its service until Texas International was acquired by Continental in 1982.