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This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
The aircraft suffered a mid-air explosion due to a bomb in the baggage compartment and crashed. It was the first confirmed act of air sabotage in commercial aviation. March 31, 1931 8 0 0 1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash: Bazaar Township: Kansas: Fokker F-10
In the first crash, an American Airlines jet that was taxiing to its gate clipped the wing of a parked Frontier Airlines plane, local ABC affiliate station WCVB reported. It was very scary. All of ...
The collision occurred at 1:22 p.m. [6] local time at the Dallas Executive Airport during a Wings Over Dallas air show organized by the Commemorative Air Force, a non-profit organization whose goal is to preserve historic aircraft. [7] The air show, hosted over a commemorative Veteran's Day weekend, had drawn more than 4,000 spectators. [7]
Here is a look at some recent fatal crashes in the U.S. and abroad involving vintage aircraft: — July 29, 2023: Four people died in two separate crashes related to a Wisconsin aircraft convention.
On 12 May 2021, Key Lime Air Flight 970, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating a chartered cargo flight from Salida to Centennial, Colorado collided in mid-air with a private Cirrus SR22. Despite having sustained severe damage, the Swearingen Metroliner managed to land safely while the Cirrus SR22 deployed its CAPS system and safely ...
The collapse of the left landing gear was heard at the end of the first video. The second video shows the passenger who recorded the footage exiting the aircraft. [14] [15] Another smartphone video was released, showing the moment inside the plane from touch down on the runway until the stop of the aircraft. This video shows not just what the ...
On 5 September, the AAIC released the preliminary report on the crash. Based on data from the flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder , the aircraft rotated excessively during takeoff at 5:25:55 UTC , briefly pitching up at a rate of 8.6° per second.