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Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 2024 (1 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 2024" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
The Washington metropolitan area is one of the most educated and affluent metropolitan areas in the U.S. [7] The metro area anchors the southern end of the densely populated Northeast megalopolis with an estimated total population of 6,304,975 as of 2023 estimates, [8] making it the seventh-most populous metropolitan area in the nation, [9] as ...
‘Loud boom’ heard as far away as Annapolis, Maryland after fighter jets scrambled to intercept private Cessna that strayed into DC airspace
After drifting out of DC airspace and into northern Virginia, the plane finally crashed to earth in a remote mountain region between Staunton and Montebello in the Shenandoah Valley, about 150 ...
The moving train's operator was killed. According to WMATA, trains were not single-tracking in the area when the crash occurred, but the trains were on the same track. [8] [9] Red Line service was suspended between the Fort Totten and Takoma stations, and New Hampshire Avenue was closed. [10] [11]
The U.S. scrambled F-16s in a supersonic chase of a light aircraft with an unresponsive pilot that violated airspace around Washington D.C. and later crashed into the mountains of Virginia ...
Flight 2216 is currently the deadliest plane crash of the 2020s decade, the deadliest crash involving a Boeing 737 Next Generation aircraft surpassing Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752, and the second-deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737 behind Lion Air Flight 610. 2024 marked the deadliest year in commercial aviation since 2018. [111]
[1]: 2 [NTSB 1] The plane had previously entered the no-fly zone over Washington, D.C., and was intercepted by F-16 fighter jets before it crashed. A preliminary report was released by the National Transportation Safety Board on June 21, 2023, and the investigation into the crash is ongoing as of August 2023.