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An American Airlines plane blew a tire upon takeoff and caught fire in Florida on Wednesday, the latest of multiple such incidents.. The flight, which was taking off from Tampa and headed Phoenix ...
A total of 67 people perished when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter in mid-air near Reagan National Airport on Wednesday, Jan. 29. There were 60 ...
May 21, 1988: American Airlines Flight 70, a DC-10-30 bound for Frankfurt, overran Runway 35L at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport during an attempted rejected takeoff; the jetliner continued to accelerate for several seconds before slowing, and did not stop until it had run 1,100 feet (335 m) past the runway threshold, collapsing the ...
The Black Hawk helicopter that crashed into an American Airlines plane was alerted to the plane’s presence by air control twice, the first time at least two minutes before the deadly crash, ...
Douglas DC-3-209A NC18951, Ship #377 collided in mid-air with USAAF C-53 41-20116 near Kansas City, Missouri due to ATC errors; the DC-3 lost control, hit several small trees and crashed while the C-53 was able to land safely at Kansas City Municipal Airport despite a portion of the right wing missing. All on board both aircraft survived.
Flight 1736, operated by Boeing 747-121 Clipper Victor, collided on the runway with KLM Flight 4805, also a Boeing 747, at Los Rodeos Airport (now Tenerife North Airport) after the KLM captain’s decision to take off without ATC clearance. The collision killed all 248 on board the KLM 747 and 335 of 396 on board the Pan Am 747.
American Airlines and Republic Airways have had the worst performance so far this year, mishandling one in every 108 bags they took on planes. These US airlines have lost or mishandled the most ...
Tampa International Airport (IATA: TPA, ICAO: KTPA, FAA LID: TPA) (known as Drew Field Municipal Airport until 1952) [4] is an international airport six miles (9.7 km) west of Downtown Tampa, in Hillsborough County, Florida, United States. The airport is publicly owned by Hillsborough County Aviation Authority (HCAA). [1]