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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).
As the Boeing 727 rolled along the runway, the crew of the DC-9 accidentally made a wrong turn in the fog and taxied their aircraft onto the runway, into the path of the 727. The crew of the 727 saw the DC-9 and attempted to avoid the collision by rotating their aircraft for lift-off; however, the 727 had not reached flying speed and its rear ...
Atta flew the plane into the tower's north face from floors 93 through 99 at 08:46 local time. The impact was witnessed by countless people in the streets of New York City as well as the nearby state of New Jersey, but few video recordings captured the moment. Jules Naudet captured the only known footage clearly depicting Flight 11's impact ...
1931 Jinan plane crash; 1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash; 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash; 1956 Cairo TAI Douglas DC-6 crash; 1970 Stockholm Spantax Convair CV-990 crash; 1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash; 1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash; 1983 Madrid Airport runway collision; 1991 Vallejo helicopter crash; Airbus ...
The aircraft disappeared from radar screens and crashed at almost 08:44, six minutes after takeoff. [12] [2] [7] [17] Flight tracking data showed that the aircraft's altitude and rate of climb and descent were fluctuating. [18] Several witnesses stated the plane trailed "white smoke" and made strange noises before crashing. [19]
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
A Coast Guard plane was making its third emergency trip to an earthquake zone within 24 hours when it collided with a passenger jet at a very busy Haneda airport, a Coast Guard official told Reuters.
The first ground fatalities from an aircraft crash occurred on 21 July 1919, when the Wingfoot Air Express crash took place. The airship crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, killing three of the five occupants of the aircraft, in addition to ten people on the ground. [1]