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Thousands of people on the ground suffered from injuries of varying severity. August 11, 2000 1 1 125 Southwest Airlines Flight 1763: in flight toward Salt Lake City: Utah: Boeing 737-700: In an apparent case of air rage, a man opened the cockpit door and was then subdued by eight others and died of asphyxiation as a result. January 31, 2000 88 0 0
Loss of control in low visibility; wife Gwen Shamblin Lara also died in this accident; see 2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash: Eugène Lefebvre: France 1909 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
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 plane and military helicopter, piloted by three soldiers, struck each other in midair as Flight 5342 approached the airport's runway, causing both to go down. Everyone in both aircraft was killed.
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
What might've caused the D.C. plane crash that killed 67 people. ... River the day after an American Airlines plane collided with a US Army Black Hawk helicopter, killing 67 people (Getty Images)
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).
An American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter collided over Washington, D.C., Wednesday night. All 67 people aboard the aircraft are presumed dead.