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On 10 March 2019, the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft which operated the flight crashed near the town of Bishoftu six minutes after takeoff. All 149 passengers and 8 crew members on board died. Flight 302 is Ethiopian Airlines' deadliest accident to date, surpassing the fatal hijacking of Flight 961 resulting in a crash near the Comoros in 1996.
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 deadliest crash of this year was Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX which crashed shortly after takeoff from Addis Ababa on 10 March, killing all 157 people on board. This accident resulted in the worldwide grounding of the 737 MAX series.
A suicidal passenger exploded a bomb in a lavatory causing loss of the tail and a crash. March 1, 1962 95 0 0 American Airlines Flight 1: Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York City: New York: Boeing 707-123B: The aircraft experienced an uncommanded rudder movement due to a manufacturing defect shortly after takeoff, crashing into the bay. November 8 ...
November 2019 Russian airline Aeroflot’s rules for pets were simple: Furry friends must weigh less than 8 kilograms, or 17.6 pounds, to fly in the cabin. Otherwise, they go in the cargo hold.
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 ...
Two people are dead and another is injured after a Civil Air Patrol plane crashed Saturday in northern Colorado. The Civil Air Patrol, an auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, said the aircraft -- a ...
Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 2019" The following 21 pages are in this category, out of 21 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .