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The crash of Flight 182 was preceded by a near-tragedy almost ten years earlier (also involving Pacific Southwest Airlines), when, on January 15, 1969, a PSA Boeing 727-214 (#N973PS) had collided with Cessna 182L (#N42242) on-ascent from San Francisco International Airport, bound for Ontario International Airport.
Pan Am Flight 759 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from Miami to San Diego, with en route stops in New Orleans and Las Vegas. On July 9, 1982, the Boeing 727 flying this route crashed in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner after being forced down by a microburst shortly after takeoff. All 145 on board, as well as eight people on ...
June 14, 1985: TWA Flight 847, a 727-200 (registration N64339) operated a flight from Cairo to San Diego with en route stops in Athens, Rome, Boston, and Los Angeles was hijacked by members of Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad shortly after takeoff from Athens. The hijackers were seeking the release of 700 Shi'ite Muslims from Israeli custody.
As the regulated era drew to a close, PSA suffered a terrible crash in September 1978 when a 727 collided with a small plane over San Diego, fatal to all on both aircraft and to some on the ground. It was made worse for PSA by:
The crash happened around 10:40 a.m., the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department confirmed, with the jet landing in the water off Shelter Island. A Boeing EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft ...
San Diego Fire said the crash was reported at 10:16 a.m. local time, and that the military confirmed at 10:42 a.m. that only two pilots were aboard the plane.
Two Navy pilots are safe after a military fighter jet crashed in the San Diego Bay in California, officials said Wednesday. Two Navy officials told CBS News that both pilots ejected from the plane ...
San Diego: California: Boeing 727-200, Cessna 172: The Boeing 727 experienced a mid-air collision with a private aircraft during approach due to their failure to strictly adhere to air traffic control procedures, killing everyone aboard both aircraft as well as 7 on the ground. May 8, 1978 3 11 55 National Airlines Flight 193: Escambia Bay ...