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Pages in category "Accidents and incidents involving the Boeing Chinook" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, Chinook, is from the Native American Chinook people of Oregon and Washington state. The Chinook was originally designed by Vertol, which had begun work in 1957 on a new tandem-rotor helicopter, designated as the Vertol Model 107 or V-107.
For the more than 50 brown-out incidents with damage reported to date during Army military operations in the 2001–2007 time frame, 80 percent were during landings and 20 percent during takeoffs. [13] Helicopter brownout is a US$100 million per year problem for the U.S. Military in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The flight disappears from radio contact and does not arrive in Hawaii; debris and bodies are located weeks later. The cause was not determined, though the investigation found high levels of carbon monoxide in many of the human remains. February 1, 1957 20 78 81 Northeast Airlines Flight 823: Queens, New York City: New York: Douglas DC-6A
Traffic crashes accounted for 42,514 deaths in 2022, a mortality rate of 12.8 per 100,000 people, according to the Federal Highway Administration. This number was 716 deaths lower than the ...
On 19 April 1961, a US military Douglas DC-3 (C-47 Skytrain) bound for Formosa crashed into Mount Parker after takeoff. Of the 16 on board, 15 were killed. On 24 August 1965, the 1965 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F Crash occurred when a United States Marine Corps KC-130F crashed shortly after takeoff, killing 59 of the 71 people on board. This ...
It has a large share of deadly speeding accidents — 62.5% of driving fatalities in this upstate New York city in 2021 were speed-related, with almost 9.5 speeding fatalities per 100,000 people ...
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