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Southwest Airlines began revenue flights on June 18, 1971, using three Boeing 737-200 aircraft, and operated the type exclusively during the airline's early history. These aircraft were not originally ordered by Southwest, but rather were delivery slots taken over from Air California, Aloha Airlines, and Pacific Southwest Airlines, [11] including a lone 737-200 Combi which was later traded ...
Pages in category "Southwest Airlines accidents and incidents" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On the night of the collision, staffing at the tower was "not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic," according to an internal preliminary Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety report. [32] A single controller handled helicopters in and around the airport and instructed landing and departing planes at the time of the crash.
Southwest Airlines Flight 1248: Chicago: Illinois: Boeing 737-700: The aircraft overran the runway at Chicago-Midway during a snowstorm because reverse thrust was not applied in a timely manner. Everyone aboard survived, but the plane crashed into a vehicle outside the airport and killed a child in the car. October 19, 2004 13 2 2
[10] [44] Southwest Airlines bookings fell following the accident, resulting in a projected decline in revenue for the airline for the second quarter of 2018. [45] Following the accident, passenger Lilia Chavez filed a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines claiming that she suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder since the accident. [46]
Southwest Airlines was founded in 1966 by Herbert Kelleher and Rollin King, and incorporated as Air Southwest Co. in 1967.Three other airlines (Braniff, Trans-Texas Airways, and Continental Airlines) took legal action to try to prevent the company from its planned strategy of undercutting their prices by flying only within Texas and thus being exempt from regulation by the federal Civil ...
The aircraft was a 13-year-old Boeing 737-7H4, registered as N753SW, owned and operated by Southwest Airlines. [1] [5] [8] [10] The serial number of the aircraft was 29848 and its line number was 400. The aircraft first flew on October 6, 1999, and was delivered to Southwest Airlines on October 21.
The plane stalled, nose-dived, slid, and exploded near Alma-Ata. All 166 people were killed in Kazakhstan's deadliest plane crash. Aeroflot Flight 5463 – The aircraft crashed into the western slope of Dolan Mountain while on approach to Almaty. All 90 passengers and crews on board were killed. Crash site of SCAT Airlines Flight 760