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2 World Trade Center (South Tower), New York City, New York: One of four flights involved in the September 11 attacks. 3. May 25, 1979 † 273 (including 2 on the ground) 2 (ground) 0 American Airlines Flight 191: Des Plaines, Illinois: 4. November 12, 2001: 265 (including 5 on the ground) 1 (ground) 0 American Airlines Flight 587: Queens, New ...
He demanded to be taken to New York City and requested political asylum after landing. He handed his gun to the crew and was arrested. [72] December 31, 1984, American Airlines Flight 626, a DC-10, was hijacked during a flight from St. Croix Airport to New York John F. Kennedy International Airport by a prisoner who was under armed escort ...
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248: Chicago: Illinois: Boeing 737-700: The aircraft overran the runway at Chicago-Midway during a snowstorm because reverse thrust was not applied in a timely manner. Everyone aboard survived, but the plane crashed into a vehicle outside the airport and killed a child in the car. October 19, 2004 13 2 2
Aeroflot Flight 498, the Ilyushin Il-14 crashed into mountainous terrain near Ust-Barguzin on 14 June 1981, killing 48 people in the worst accident involving an Ilyushin Il-14. Aeroflot Flight 811, the Antonov An-24RV was taking off from Komsomolsk-on-Amur Airport on 24 August 1981 when a Tupolev Tu-16K collided with the aircraft. All but one ...
American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Boeing 737-222: 2 0 2: 7 Yokohama F-4 crash [168] 27 September 1977 Yokohama, Japan McDonnell Douglas RF-4B Phantom II: 2 16 18 † N/A Nigeria Airways 5N-ANA crash [169] 1 March 1978 Kano Airport, Nigeria Fokker F28: 2 271 273 † 2 American Airlines Flight 191 [170] 25 May 1979 Des Plaines, Illinois, U.S. McDonnell ...
Back in 2009, the "Miracle on the Hudson " involved a bird strike and a plane taking the same route as Thursday's American Airlines jet.
On December 20, 1972, North Central Airlines Flight 575 and Delta Air Lines Flight 954 collided on a runway at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Ten people died – all on the North Central aircraft – and 17 were injured in the accident.