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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).
About 1 p.m. Mountain Time in Campbell County, Wyoming, a Pilatus PC-12/47E single-engine aircraft crashed north of Gillette, about 223 miles north of Cheyenne, the capital of Wyoming. The crash started a wildfire which firefighters contained to an area smaller than one square mile.
The accident aircraft, registration N14053, [6] was an Airbus A300 B4-605R delivered new to American Airlines on 12 July 1988. The aircraft's first flight was on 9 December 1987 and it was the first "R" model A300-600 built. On the day of the accident, it was in a two-class seating configuration with space for 251 passengers, and all seats were ...
The crew's decision to not activate the deicing boots because of their unwarranted fear of ice bridging caused the aircraft to crash. November 19, 1996 14 0 0 United Express Flight 5925: Gilmer Township: Illinois: Beechcraft 1900C: The aircraft collided with a private aircraft on the runway, killing all aboard both aircraft. July 17, 1996 230 0 0
But investigators said he instead planned to eject himself during the flight and video record himself parachuting to the ground as his plane crashed. Olympian snowboarder sentenced in YouTube ...
A plane carrying 181 people, Jeju Air Flight 7C2216, crashed at Muan International Airport in South Korea. A team of U.S investigators was being assembled to aid South Korea's probe into the crash.
When including ground fatalities, American Airlines holds this distinction, with the 2001 crashes of Flight 11 and Flight 77 on 11 September, and Flight 587 on 12 November, with a combined total of approximately 2,000 deaths, including 416 people on the three aircraft. [4] The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11 ...
Jeju Air's chief executive said the airline will reduce its winter air traffic by up to 15 per cent and aim to secure trust following the death of 179 people in the plane crash.. All 175 ...