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As of January 2025, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [1] [2] Of the hull losses, most were propeller driven aircraft, including three Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft (of which one, the crash in 1959 of Flight 320, resulted in fatalities). [2]
Delta Flight 954, operating the Convair, experienced miscommunication with air traffic control and were crossing a runway in poor visibility when North Central Airlines Flight 575, operating the DC-9, were in their takeoff roll on the same runway. The DC-9 attempted to fly over the Convair but struck it and then crash landed back on the runway.
American Airlines ordered 25 DC-10s in its first order. [16] [17] The DC-10 made its first flight on August 29, 1970, [18] and received its type certificate from the FAA on July 29, 1971. [19] On August 5, 1971, the DC-10 entered commercial service with American Airlines on a round-trip flight between Los Angeles and Chicago. [20]
Travellers arrive for departing flights as American Airlines resumed its flights after a technical glitch forced the carrier to issue an hour-long ground stop, disrupting travel for thousands on ...
An American Airlines flight traveling from Wichita, Kan. collided with a military helicopter at DC’s Reagan National Airport around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29. Some 300 first responders worked ...
This midair incident occurred about 24 hours before American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter over the Potomac River as the passenger plane from Wichita, Kan ...
American Airbus A320 family aircraft at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. As of February 2025, American Airlines operates 979 mainline aircraft, making it the third largest commercial airline fleet in the world. [1] [2] [3] The fleet consists of Airbus and Boeing narrow-body aircraft, and all Boeing wide-body aircraft. American ...
Seconds before the American flight agreed to change its path, another PSA jet responded to the same request to shift to Runway 33 as "unable," meaning it was not in a position to make the adjustment.