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After the crash of Flight 111, the flight designator for Swissair's New York–Geneva route was changed to SR139, although the route was still operated by MD-11 aircraft. The crash of Flight 111 was a severe blow to Swissair and the airline suffered even more loss following the accident, particularly as the in-flight entertainment system that ...
On January 31, 2000, the aircraft operating the route, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashed into the Pacific Ocean roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control. The accident killed all 88 on board: two pilots, three cabin crew members, and 83 passengers.
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 ...
A 911 call that may have saved the lives of a pilot and his passenger after a crash into a transmission tower in Maryland was released. Pilot's 911 call reveals moments after small plane crashed ...
American Airlines flight 5342 from Wichita, Kan., and the military aircraft crashed into each other just before 9 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 29, as the plane was preparing to land at Reagan National ...
Nothing that can truly represent the devastation caused by the plane crash in Washington DC last night. ... had been held in the city from Jan. 20 ... the depth of ocean damage sparked by the LA ...
The aircraft crashed into the ocean because of deliberate flight-control inputs by the relief first officer, though Egyptian authorities maintain that there was an underlying mechanical cause. June 1, 1999 11 110 134 American Airlines Flight 1420: Little Rock: Arkansas: McDonnell Douglas MD-82
A Virginia family of four who dedicated their lives to figure skating and each other were among the victims who died in Wednesday's devastating plane crash near Reagan National Airport.. Business ...