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Wreckage of Japan Airlines Flight 123, the worst single aircraft crash in history. Japan Airlines Flight 123 – Flight 123 was flying over Japan when part of its vertical stabilizer detached, causing some hydraulic loss which led to losing control. Flight crews tried to recover the plane and head back to Tokyo, but it was too late.
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
14 14 Continental Charters Flight 44-2: near Napoli: New York: Curtiss C-46 Commando: The aircraft struck terrain in poor weather and visibility due to the crew attempting to fly under visual flight rules in inappropriate conditions and at an insufficient altitude. December 16, 1951 58 0 0 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash: Elizabeth: New Jersey
It was the first loss of a Martin 2-0-2 aircraft, the worst disaster involving a Martin 2-0-2 to date, and with 37 fatalities, still ranks as the worst air crash in Wisconsin history. [ 189 ] On November 18, 1966, the crew departed Barksdale AFB , Louisiana, in B-52G (tail number 58‑0228) on a training flight to K. I. Sawyer AFB south of ...
Getty Images In a week that saw United Airlines (UAL) place dead last in a customer service ranking of the major airlines, a picture surfaced that gives some idea of how the airline earned that ...
National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400BCF, stalled and crashed just after takeoff from Bagram Airfield after its cargo broke loose, killing all seven crewmembers. 14 August UPS Airlines Flight 1354, an Airbus A300F4-600R, crashed short of the runway at Birmingham–Shuttlesworth International Airport, killing the two pilots.
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Continental Airlines Flight 1837: An hour before this flight from Houston landed at Los Angeles International Airport on June 14, 1997, two passengers, a man and a woman, told the crew that there were people with bombs and guns at the rear of the plane and that they were going to open the cabin doors. The male passenger grabbed hot coffee and ...