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On July 31, 1973, at 11:08 a.m., while on an instrument landing system (ILS) instrument approach into Logan in low clouds and fog, the aircraft descended below the glidepath, struck a seawall, and crashed. All 89 of the occupants aboard were killed, including an initial survivor who died more than 4 months after the crash. [2]
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1976 (15 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1976" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
The DC-10 had eight emergency exits, but after the crash, only four could be operated. The number 1 right exit had a fault in the mechanism and could not be opened. Due to the weak floor at the end of the aircraft, the floor had become deformed, causing failures in multiple-seat tracks and restraints, and also destroyed the two emergency exits ...
Crash in a heavily wooded area B. H. DeLay: United States 1923 Stunt pilot, airport owner, aviation-school owner the "Wasp" Venice, Los Angeles, California, United States Substandard wing pins Glen Dell: South Africa 2013 Aviator Extra EA-300: Secunda, Mpumalanga Crashed during an airshow [36] John Denver: United States 1997
The flight was en route from Paris-Charles De Gaulle to Miami, and was diverted to Boston's Logan Airport. September 16, 2004: American Airlines Flight 1374, an MD-82 from Chicago O'Hare to Philadelphia International Airport, suffered a bird strike just after takeoff, causing parts of the engine to fall near houses in Niles, Illinois. The plane ...
The deadliest crash of this year was the 1976 Zagreb mid-air collision, when an Inex-Adria Aviopromet Douglas DC-9 struck a British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident near Vrbovec, SFR Yugoslavia on 10 September, killing all 176 people on board both aircraft. At the time it was the deadliest mid-air collision in aviation history.
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Green Airport in Warwick, Rhode Island, is located 60 statute miles (97 km) south-southwest of Logan, averaging 76 minutes from Logan via I-90, I-93, and I-95, or a 100-minute ride via the Silver Line SL1 bus to South Station and then the Providence/Stoughton Line commuter rail to T. F. Green Airport station. [219]