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List of American Airlines accidents and incidents. As of March 2019, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of an Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [1][2] Of the hull losses, most were propeller driven aircraft, including three Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft (of which one, the crash in 1959 of ...
1954-1958: Disposition: All scrapped: ... April 5, 1955 June 1, 1955 ... California. 4424 November 1937 7729 December 7, 1937
17 February. Luftwaffe experten (ace) Jürgen Harder (13 June 1918 – 17 February 1945), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, with 64 claimed victories, was killed in the crash of a Messerschmitt Bf 109G-14, Werk. Nr. 784 738, near Strausberg, Germany, after the plane's engine failed.
June 22 – Wings Over Long Island Airshow – (Westhampton, New York) – Two planes racing collided over Francis S. Gabreski Airport in front of 15,000 spectators. Pilot Dick Goodlett died when his aircraft crashed and burst into flames. The second plane crash-landed, critically injuring pilot Chris Kalishek.
April 1, 1954 (Thursday) The U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado. South Point School was founded in Kolkata, India. It would become the largest school in the world by 1988. [1]
9 March 1955. William Edward McLaughlin crashed fighter jet while taking off an aircraft carrier off the coast of California. [citation needed] 11 March. Third of 13 North American X-10s, GM-19309, c/n 3, on X-10 flight number 14, out of Edwards AFB, California, first flight of refitted c/n 3, the static test article.
January 1, 2007 - Adam Air Flight 574, a Boeing 737-4Q8 operated by Adam Air breaks up in mid-air and crashes into the sea due to pilot error, killing all 102 on board. February 21, 2007 - Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737-33A operated by Adam Air lands hard and suffers structural damage. No one is killed.
A small plane carrying Frank Munson and handcuffed prisoner Ed Stone crashes in the California wilderness. Ed unlocks the cuffs and flees, encountering a woman named Cally who is minding sheep. Frank follows and identifies himself as a Utah lawman who, after tracking Ed for nearly two years, finally caught him.