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Enacted in 1961 in the wake of the 1960 New York mid-air collision, FAR Part 91.85 mandated speed restrictions below 10,000 feet (3,000 m) within 30 nautical miles of a destination airport. After the accident involving Flight 553, all areas below 10,000 feet (3,000 m) were prohibited from exceeding 250 knots (290 mph; 460 km/h) IAS.
Around 30 parachutists arrived at Ortner Airport in Wakeman, Ohio, on August 27, 1967, to skydive together from a privately owned North American B-25 Mitchell bomber (registration N3443G [8]). [9] After a previous paid performance at an air show , the bomber's owner, Bob Karns, had offered a free jump out of gratitude to the skydiving community.
Northwest Airlines Flight 1 crashed 0.5 miles (0.80 km) southwest of the Miles City, Montana, airport on January 13, 1939, after a fire broke out in the cockpit. [117] Northwest Airlines Flight 2 crashed into the Bridger Mountains about 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Bozeman, Montana, on January 10, 1938.
The 1986 Aerovías Guatemala air crash occurred on 18 January 1986 and involved a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III which crashed into a hill on approach to Santa Elena Airport, Flores after a short flight from Guatemala City's La Aurora International Airport. All 93 passengers and crew on board were killed, making it the worst air disaster in ...
The weather conditions provided by Lowell Airport, located about 12 nautical miles (14 mi; 22 km) northwest of the accident site, indicated broken clouds at 1,400 feet (430 m) and an overcast sky at 3,000 feet (910 m) with gusty winds from the southwest at 20 knots (23 mph; 37 km/h; 10 m/s) and light drizzle. However, the report observation was ...
The sounds of sobbing, prayers and anguish echoed through the departures hall of an airport in southwestern South Korea on Monday as families of the victims killed when a passenger jet crash ...
A preliminary report on the crash is expected in three to four weeks, the NTSB said. The NTSB investigated 20 fatal plane crashes in California last year, all involving small aircraft.
The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles. [3] [4] For driving, the rate was 150 per 10 billion vehicle-miles for 2000 : 750 times higher per mile than for flying in a commercial airplane.