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Pages in category "Musicians killed in aviation accidents or incidents" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
First person to die while piloting a powered airplane and the second person to be killed in an airplane crash Wright Model A: Port-Aviation (Juvisy), France Crashed from 20 feet Raymonde de Laroche: France 1919 First woman to earn a pilot's license experimental Caudron: Le Crotoy, France Leif Holger Larsen: Norway 2015 Diplomat Mil Mi-17
Among the fatalities were 14 members of the Wichita State University football team. March 17, 1970 1 2 72 Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320: inbound to Boston: Massachusetts: McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31: A suicidal hijacker shot both the captain and first officer. The first officer was able to get control of the gun and shoot the perpetrator ...
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 ...
American pop singer Rick Nelson died during the crash-landing of his band's aircraft on December 31, 1985. The plane, a Douglas DC-3, was brought down mid-flight outside De Kalb, Texas, by a fire that rapidly spread from a suspected faulty in-cabin heater. Nelson and six others—including several band members and his girlfriend—were killed ...
Monument at the crash site of the airplane carrying Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper, and Ritchie Valens; "The Day the Music Died". The following is a list of notable performers of rock and roll music or rock music, and others directly associated with the music as producers, songwriters or in other closely related roles, who have died. The list ...
Ten members of the same family have been killed after a private jet crashed minutes after taking off in southern Brazil on Sunday, Dec. 22. A statement released on the LinkedIn page of business ...
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).