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Aviation archaeology is a recognized sub-discipline within archaeology and underwater archaeology as a whole. [1] It is an activity practiced by both enthusiasts and academics in pursuit of finding, documenting, recovering, and preserving sites important in aviation history.
The aircraft had flown inland from its planned route along the east coast in order to avoid thunderstorms. A search by ten aircraft failed to locate the crashed plane. On 23 September 1941 the crash site was discovered by two shepherds. 10 December 1941 Blackburn Botha Mk.I W5103 No.7 Ferry Pilots Pool RAF Pilot Thomas William Rogers (Killed)
The crash site is located at an elevation of 3,660 metres (12,020 ft) in the remote Andes mountains of western Argentina, just east of the border with Chile. [1] Search and rescue aircraft overflew the crash site several times during the following days, but failed to see the white fuselage against the snow. Search efforts were called off after ...
Crash site and debris of Sabena Flight 548. February 15 – Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707, crashed on approach in Brussels, Belgium, killing 73, including the entire United States figure skating team: a runaway stabilizer was thought to have been the cause of the first fatal accident involving a 707 in regular passenger service.
Of the four aircraft hijacked on September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 is the only one that did not reach the hijackers' intended target, presumed to be the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. [7] Several passengers and crew members made cellular telephone calls from the plane and learned about the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington ...
The crash site of the DC-3 was featured in the music video of Justin Bieber's 2015 song I'll Show You. [9] American musician George Hirsch's 2016 album Hijrah used an image of the Sólheimasandur crash as its cover. [10] The show Top Gear America featured in the episode "Viking Trucks" while in Iceland. [citation needed]
The plane crashed into the top of Mount Equinox, a 3,000-foot peak in Bennington County, at around 8:30 a.m. after taking off from Baltimore at around 6 a.m., according to the flight tracking ...
[105] [106] In September 2011, shortly before the 10th anniversary of the attacks, a video of the rising smoke cloud filmed by Dave Berkebile (who had died the previous February) from his yard on Bluebird Lane, 5.8 miles (9.3 km) away from the crash site, was published on YouTube. [107] [108] Debris of Flight 93 found at crash site. The United ...