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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 ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
The NTSB published video showing officials at the site of the fatal Jan. 31 plane crash in Philadelphia, which killed at least seven people and injured 22 others.
These and other unusual behaviors led to skepticism from the aviation community, who suspected that the crash was a deliberate publicity stunt. [5] [15] [18] The video was viewed 1.7 million times before it was removed from YouTube. [12] Jacob denied having purposefully left the aircraft to crash, saying that "People can believe whatever they ...
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).
The crash was the subject of a Discovery Channel television series Curiosity 2-hour episode "Plane Crash". [14] [15] The episode was aired on 7 October 2012, and narrated by Josh Charles. [15] [16] The 1-hour-35-minute episode "The Plane Crash" aired on Channel 4 in Britain on 11 October 2012.
The plane, operated by Minneapolis-based Delta Air Lines subsidiary Endeavor Air, struck the landing strip as it arrived at Toronto Airport at about 1:15 p.m. CST, according to Delta.
The plane was carrying two crew and according to some sources, 16 technicians employed to conduct routine maintenance on the aircraft. [2] One passenger on the flight was a child. [5] The captain of the flight, 35-year-old Manish Shakya, had an airline transport pilot licence (ATPL) and had 6,186 flight hours in total, 4,992 of which on the CRJ ...