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Flagship Airlines Flight 3379 was a scheduled flight under the American Eagle branding from Piedmont Triad International Airport to Raleigh–Durham International Airport during which a British Aerospace Jetstream crashed while executing a missed approach to the Raleigh–Durham International Airport on the evening of Tuesday, December 13, 1994.
American Airlines said the plane, operated as an American Eagle flight, had 60 passengers and four crew aboard. It left Wichita at 5:18 p.m. local time, and was due to land at DCA at 9:03 p.m.
This accident was the first fatal incident for American Airlines since the crash of Flight 587 on November 12, 2001, [35] the first fatal accident involving the CRJ700 series since its introduction in 2001, [36] and was the first major commercial plane crash involving multiple fatalities in the US since Colgan Air Flight 3407 on February 12, 2009.
A search and rescue boat operates along the Potomac River near the site of the crash after American Eagle flight 5342 collided with a helicopter while approaching Ronald Reagan Washington National ...
AVAir Flight 3378, was a scheduled flight under the American Eagle branding from Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Richmond International Airport which crashed after takeoff from Raleigh-Durham International Airport late on the night of February 19, 1988. All 12 people on board were killed in the accident.
American Airlines has said anyone who believes their loved ones were on board Flight 5342 can call toll-free at 1-800-679-8215 for information. "Those calling from outside the U.S. can visit news ...
On 13 December 1994, Flagship Airlines Flight 3379, operating for American Eagle, entered an aerodynamic stall and crashed into a wooded area during a missed approach to Raleigh–Durham International Airport in North Carolina. The two pilots and 13 of the 18 passengers were killed.
The last crash of a U.S. airliner was the Colgan Air accident in February 2009, which killed 49 people on the plane and one on the ground during a snowstorm near Buffalo, New York.