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United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland. On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu.
United Airlines Flight 615: near Decoto: California: Douglas DC-6B: The pilot ignored instrument approach procedures and attempted to rely on an automatic direction finder which led the plane off course and below the necessary altitude, leading to a crash into terrain. June 30, 1951 50 0 0 United Airlines Flight 610: near Fort Collins: Colorado ...
It is the deadliest aircraft disaster in California history, the first fatal Pacific Southwest Airlines incident, and at the time, the deadliest aircraft incident in the United States. [ 38 ] PSA Flight 1771 crashed near Cayucos, California , on December 7, 1987, after being hijacked by a disgruntled former airline employee, killing all 43 on ...
United Airlines Flight 663 incident; United Airlines Flight 696; United Air Lines Flight 736; United Airlines Flight 811; United Air Lines Flight 823; United Airlines Flight 826; United Air Lines Flight 859; United Airlines Flight 863; United Airlines Flight 976; 2006 O'Hare International Airport runway incursion; United Express Flight 2415 ...
February 19 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 66, a Boeing 747-247F cargo aircraft, crashes near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, killing the entire crew of four. February 24 – A cargo door failure causes a piece of fuselage to detach from United Airlines Flight 811, a Boeing 747-122, over the Pacific Ocean near Honolulu, Hawaii.
Accommodations listed on U.S. DOT customer service dashboard. The DOT’s dashboard lists several accommodations airlines have committed to offer passengers whose flights are delayed or canceled ...
The list of aircraft accidents and incidents caused by structural failures summarizes notable accidents and incidents such as the 1933 United Airlines Chesterton Crash due to a bombing and a 1964 B-52 test that landed after the vertical stabilizer broke off. Loss of structural integrity during flight can be caused by:
A Charlotte Aircraft Corporation DC-8-33F (N8170A) was destroyed by fire while being refueled at Lake City, Florida, United States. [1] 18 December 1977 United Airlines Flight 2860, a DC-8-54F (N8047U), crashed in the Wasatch Mountains, Utah, due to ATC and crew errors and an unexplained electrical failure, killing the three crew. [1] 3 March 1978