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1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash: Islip: New York: Douglas DC-6: The training flight attempted to simulate a single engine failure during takeoff, but actually caused reverse thrust in the engine leading to a loss of control. March 26, 1955 4 0 19 Pan Am Flight 845/26: Pacific Ocean, 35 miles west of the Oregon coast: Oregon: Boeing ...
1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision; Accident; Date: June 29, 1972: Summary: Mid-air collision: Site: Over Lake Winnebago, near Fox Crossing, Wisconsin, United States 1]: Total fatalities: 13: Total survivors: 0: First aircraft; Type: Convair CV-580: Operator: North Central Airlines: Registration: N90858: Flight origin: Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport, United States ...
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 crashed on take-off in a snowstorm from the Denver Stapleton International Airport on November 1, 1987. The crash resulted in the deaths of 28 of the aircraft's occupants, while 54 survived. The airplane had been destined for Boise, Idaho. [49] Key Lime Air Flight 970 collided with a Cirrus SR22. Both planes ...
The last major U.S. commercial air crash occurred in February 2009 when a Continental Airlines flight out of Newark, New Jersey, operated by Colgan Air crashed into a house as it was approaching ...
American Eagle Flight 5342 plunged into the Potomac River on the night of Jan. 29, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Wichita, Kansas, to Reagan International Airport.
Accident date Location News org. Description F I Official cause 2022-11-22 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States : WBTV: The Robinson R44 helicopter went into rapid descent and crashed in a grassy area adjacent to a southbound intersectional lane of I-77, as the pilot was conducting a news-gathering training simulation accompanied by a WBTV staff meteorologist.
The largest accidents included the Jan. 29 collision of an American Airlines jet and Army Black Hawk helicopter near Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C., resulting in 67 deaths.
The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11, as well as United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center, and the subsequent collapse of both towers on 11 September 2001 caused 2,606 ground fatalities in addition to the deaths of the 157 people on board both flights, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in ...