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It was the first fatal jet airliner crash for Alaska Airlines, and the worst plane crash in the history of the United States until June 24, 1975. [ 6 ] Japan Air Lines Flight 46E experienced a number-two engine detachment on while climbing over Alaska on March 31, 1993.
US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 – On 12 March 2018, a US-Bangla Airlines Bombardier Q400, on an international flight from Dhaka to Kathmandu suffered a hard landing, veered off the runway and plowed into a field at Tribhuvan International Airport. 51 people were killed in the disaster.
Two on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in the United States, and the second-deadliest incident involving commercial aircraft in the United States, after the 9/11 attacks. December 28, 1978 10 24 179 United Airlines Flight 173: Portland: Oregon: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
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The two accidents with the highest fatalities in both the airline's and U.S. aviation history were Flight 191 in 1979 and Flight 587 in 2001. [ 3 ] Out of the 17 hijackings of American Airlines flights, two aircraft were hijacked and destroyed in the September 11 attacks : Flight 11 crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center , and ...
Out of respect for the deceased and injured, it is common for an airline to cease using the flight number of a fatal crash. [87] For example, following the shootdown of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, the flight number was changed to MH19. Japan Airlines stopped using the flight number 350 after a fatal plane crash in Tokyo Bay. [88]
The number of deaths per passenger-mile on commercial airlines in the United States between 2000 and 2010 was about 0.2 deaths per 10 billion passenger-miles. [3] [4] For driving, the rate was 150 per 10 billion vehicle-miles for 2000 : 750 times higher per mile than for flying in a commercial airplane.
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