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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 ...
TWA Flight 266 (inbound to Idlewild Airport) and United Airlines Flight 826 (inbound to LaGuardia Airport) collided over Miller Field, Staten Island, New York City, on December 16, 1960. The TWA aircraft crashed at the site, while the United aircraft continued flying for 8 miles until it crashed in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn .
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 last major American Airlines crash occurred in November 2001 near John F. Kennedy International Airport. American Airlines Flight No. 587, an Airbus A300, crashed shortly after takeoff ...
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.
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.
With a total death toll of 49 people, it is the deadliest aviation disaster to occur on Bangladeshi soil and also the airline's worst accident. [9] 9 March 2016 - A True Aviation Antonov An-26B, crashes into the Bay of Bengal, killing 3.
A team of U.S investigators was being assembled to aid South Korea's probe into the crash. The crash happened the same week an Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashed in Kazakhstan, killing 38 people ...