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Patterson and C. R. Smith, the CEO of American, shared a friendly rivalry. [citation needed] Under Patterson, United invested in new technologies, such as the DC-4 and the DC-8 a pioneering jet, [3] and purchased Capital Airlines in 1961 to become the United States' largest airline, [2] a title it would hold for nearly 40 years. In 1963, when ...
United Airlines Flight 615: near Decoto: California: Douglas DC-6B: The pilot ignored instrument approach procedures and attempted to rely on an automatic direction finder which led the plane off course and below the necessary altitude, leading to a crash into terrain. June 30, 1951 50 0 0 United Airlines Flight 610: near Fort Collins: Colorado ...
United Airlines Flight 976 was a regularly scheduled flight from Ministro Pistarini International Airport in Buenos Aires to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City on October 19-20, 1995. Upon landing, one passenger, Gerard Finneran, was arrested by the FBI and charged with interfering with a flight crew and threatening a flight ...
Flight 232's captain, Alfred C. "Al" Haynes, 57, was hired by United Airlines in 1956. He was highly experienced and had 29,967 hours of total flight time with United, of which 7,190 were in the DC-10. [1]: 112 [7] Haynes' co-pilot was First Officer William R. "Bill" Records, 48.
United Airlines Flight 859 was a Douglas DC-8, registration N8040U [1], on a scheduled passenger flight that crashed on landing at Stapleton International Airport in Denver, Colorado after departing from Omaha, Nebraska's Eppley Airfield on July 11, 1961. Eighteen people were killed, and 84 were injured.
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In connection with his death, the jail was issued a notice of non-compliance from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards related to observations. The guard reportedly failed to check on Moore for an hour and seven minutes. Jail or Agency: Rolling Plains Detention Center; State: Texas; Date arrested or booked: UNKNOWN; Date of death: 4/26/2016 ...
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