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The 1985 Manchester Airport disaster occurred when British Airtours Flight 28M (officially known as Flight 328 ), an international passenger flight, was en-route from Manchester Airport to Corfu International Airport. It caught fire on takeoff on 22 August 1985, resulting in 55 fatalities.
47. Injuries. 74. Survivors. 79. The Kegworth air disaster occurred when British Midland Airways Flight 092, a Boeing 737-400, crashed onto the motorway embankment between the M1 motorway and A453 road near Kegworth, Leicestershire, England, while attempting to make an emergency landing at East Midlands Airport on 8 January 1989. [ 1]
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 ...
1920–1929. Blériot 155 F-AICQ Clement Ader, which crashed following the first mid-air fire on an airliner. 1920. 18 March – Aircraft Transport & Travel Airco DH.16 G-EACT crashed into the English Channel off Beachy Head; the pilot was rescued by a ship. [ 4] 29 March – Nieuport Delage 30T F-CGTI crashed at Lympne.
Lancaster B I PA474 in 460 Squadron (RAAF) colours, escorted by Hurricane Mk.IIc LF363 in 249 Sqn livery.. The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (BBMF) is a Royal Air Force flight which provides an aerial display group usually comprising an Avro Lancaster heavy bomber and two fighters, a Supermarine Spitfire and a Hawker Hurricane.
PenAir Flight 3296 after its landing accident in 2019. An aviation accident is an event during aircraft operation that causes serious injury, death, or destruction. These are most common on Friday 13th, hence the superstition in the aviation industry and reason for no row 13. An aviation incident is any operating event that compromises safety ...
The aircraft had just picked up a four-man patrol and on take-off had entered low cloud. The pilot descended to regain a visual of the area when the aircraft struck some trees and crashed. The pilot and navigator were killed, four of the other members of the flight were wounded (one severely). [73]
August 1, 2024 at 11:42 PM. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. military Osprey aircraft crash off the coast of Japan in November that killed all eight crew members was caused by a failure in the gear ...