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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).
Yeti Airlines Flight 691 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight flown by Yeti Airlines from Kathmandu to Pokhara in Nepal. On 15 January 2023, an ATR 72, the aircraft being operated on the route, stalled and crashed while landing at Pokhara killing all 68 passengers and 4 crew members on board.
[9] [10] The aircraft's wings were reported as being on fire moments before the plane crashed into the rooftops of the houses and buildings in the area, [11] [12] [9] some of which caught fire. [13] The crash was captured on video by a CCTV camera of a nearby building, which shows the aircraft just before crashing into the neighborhood. [14]
Here is a look at some recent fatal crashes in the U.S. and abroad involving vintage aircraft: — July 29, 2023: Four people died in two separate crashes related to a Wisconsin aircraft convention.
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.
Lockheed Model 10B Electra: The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff presumably due to a lack of altitude awareness due to fog. April 7, 1936 12 2 2 TWA Flight 1: Cheat Mountain, Wharton Township: Pennsylvania: Douglas DC-2: The aircraft went off-course and crashed into terrain in poor visibility. January 14, 1936 17 0 0 American Airlines ...
The aircraft involved was a Bombardier CRJ200ER, registered as 9N-AME with manufacturer serial number 7772, built by Bombardier Aviation in 2003 and powered by two General Electric CF34-3B1 engines. [ 1 ] [ 5 ] The aircraft was first delivered to Atlantic Coast Airlines and then entered into service with Saurya Airlines , then known as Kuber ...
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: 5 crew and 83 passengers.