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The Kegworth air disaster occurred when British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the motorway embankment between the M1 motorway and A453 road near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, while attempting to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport on 8 January 1989. [1]
Crash site Cause/circumstances Aaliyah: United States 2001 Actress, singer, and model Cessna 402: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. [1] Michael J. Adams: United States 1967 test pilot X-15 Flight 3-65-97: Randsburg, California ...
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
Among the victims were three soldiers aboard the helicopter, four members of the jet’s flight crew, 28 skaters and family members affiliated with US Figure Skating, seven friends on a hunting ...
The aircraft was a Boeing 727-224, registered as N88705, leased from Continental Airlines, and first flown in 1968.It was delivered to TAN-SAHSA in 1981. [6] The aircraft was equipped with a flight data recorder, cockpit voice recorder, and ground proximity warning system (GPWS).
Civil Aeronautics administration officials named it the worst air disaster in Texas history at the time. After an engine failed, the pilot lost control of the plane. The cause was found to be ...
The removal comes as officials say they have recovered the remains of 55 of the 67 victims from the mid-air disaster. On January 29, the American Airlines flight collided with a military Black ...
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 was a chartered passenger flight from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, to Sokoto, Nigeria, on 11 July 1991, which caught fire shortly after takeoff from King Abdulaziz International Airport and crashed while attempting to return for an emergency landing, killing all 247 passengers and 14 crew members on board.