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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 ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
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 ...
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 ...
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.
On 30 June 1956, United Airlines Flight 718 and Trans World Airlines Flight 2 collide in mid-air over the Grand Canyon in Arizona, killing all 128 people on both aircraft. At the time, it was the deadliest-ever aviation accident, and would lead to major changes in the regulation of flight operations over the United States.