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A total of 50 people were killed: 49 passengers and crew and a resident of the house that was struck. Four injuries occurred on the ground, including two other people inside the home at the time of the crash. Among the dead were: Alison Des Forges, a human-rights investigator and an expert on the Rwandan genocide. [15] [33]
New, dramatic video shows the moment Delta Flight 4819 caught fire and rolled over upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Monday afternoon. This video -- which was given to ...
Disturbing new videos give the clearest view yet of the moment the American Airlines passenger plane and Army helicopter exploded into pieces — sending huge chunks of fiery debris crashing into ...
Shortly after reaching cruise altitude and while the captain was out of the cockpit, Lubitz locked the cockpit door and flew the plane downward into a mountain. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Aviation authorities swiftly implemented new recommendations from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency that required two authorised personnel in the cockpit at all ...
Investigators at the crash site made headway in their probe of the collision of an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army Black Hawk. Video showed cranes lifting large pieces of wreckage out of ...
Both pilots were killed, as well as passengers Charles Monroe Still Jr. and Chris Baker. [4] [6] The pilot and co-pilot died from smoke inhalation and burns minutes after the crash. [8] Passengers Still Jr. and Baker died upon impact. [8] Barker and Goldstein escaped the plane and told first responders four others were on board.
The U.S. had not had a major commercial plane crash since 2009, when a Colgan Air wreck outside Buffalo, New York, killed 50 people, including one on the ground.
The autopilot disengaged, causing the plane to descend rapidly. [4] The flight deck door was blown inward onto the control console, blocking the throttle control (causing the aircraft to gain speed as it descended), flight documents and check lists were blown out of the cockpit, and debris blew in from the passenger cabin.