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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) conducted an investigation into the accident, determining that the cause of the accident was the flight crew's failure to maintain an appropriate flight path during a visual approach at night. The flight crew were also fatigued and did not adhere to standard operating procedures (SOP). [1] [2] [12]
The Federal (No. 173), was a southbound, Boston-to-Washington, D.C., overnight train carrying mail and passengers.When the train arrived in New Haven, a New Haven electric locomotive replaced the diesel along with adding several passenger cars from Springfield for the run to New York's Penn Station where PRR GG1 No. 4876, an electric locomotive, was coupled on; the train had 16 coaches and ...
Led to a complete U.S. ban on wooden coach construction; the accident is notoriously described in Frank Kuntz's book Undergraduate Days 1904-1908 [69] 1907 Southern Pacific Sunset Express derailment, Colton, California; 24 killed [70] 1907 Pere Marquette Railway wreck, Salem, Michigan; 31 killed plus 101 injured. Michigan's deadliest rail ...
At the time, Federal Express was the most highly financed new company in U.S. history, in terms of venture capital. [10] Federal Express installed its first drop box in 1975 which allowed customers to drop off packages without going to a company local branch. [13] In 1976, the company became profitable with an average volume of 19,000 parcels ...
On April 7, 1994, Federal Express Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 cargo jet carrying electronics equipment across the United States from Memphis, Tennessee, to San Jose, California, was the subject of a hijack attempt by Auburn R. Calloway, a Federal Express employee facing possible dismissal for having lied about his flight hours. [3]
Federal Express Flight 1406 was an American domestic cargo flight from Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee, to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, that suffered an in-flight cargo fire over New York on September 5, 1996.
FedEx Express Flight 647 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight between Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, Oakland, California and Memphis International Airport, Memphis, Tennessee in the United States, that crashed during landing on December 18, 2003. [2] Everybody on board survived the accident, and the aircraft was written off.