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1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash: Islip: New York: Douglas DC-6: The training flight attempted to simulate a single engine failure during takeoff, but actually caused reverse thrust in the engine leading to a loss of control. March 26, 1955 4 0 19 Pan Am Flight 845/26: Pacific Ocean, 35 miles west of the Oregon coast: Oregon: Boeing ...
Alaska Airlines Flight 60 crashed at Ketchikan on April 5, 1976 resulting in the death of one passenger. Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashed into a mountain in the Chilkat Range near Juneau, on September 4, 1971, killing all 111 on board. [5] It was the first fatal jet airliner crash for Alaska Airlines, and the worst plane crash in the history ...
The airport is named for Lt. Col. Austin Straubel, the first aviator from Brown County to die in his country's service, on February 3, 1942, after having served for thirteen years in the United States Army Air Corps. The airport name was officially changed to Green Bay–Austin Straubel International Airport on August 17, 2016. [5] [6]
American Eagle Flight 5342 plunged into the Potomac River on the night of Jan. 29, carrying 60 passengers and four crew members from Wichita, Kansas, to Reagan International Airport.
March 20 – In the 1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash, a United Arab Airlines flight crashes while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport. 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board are killed. April 2 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, an Antonov An-24, crashes in southern Poland, killing all 53 people on board.
The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11, as well as United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center, and the subsequent collapse of both towers on 11 September 2001 caused 2,606 ground fatalities in addition to the deaths of the 157 people on board both flights, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
The midair crash occurred around 9 p.m. Wednesday, when an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C.
1955 – 1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash, a Douglas DC-6 crashes after take-off from Long Island MacArthur Airport, New York, killing all 3 on board. 1952 – A United States Air Force Douglas C-124A-DL Globemaster II, 50-1260, collides at night in midair with a Douglas VC-47D Skytrain, 45-926, c/n 16929/34187, over Mobile, Alabama ...