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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.
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]
In the first crash, an American Airlines jet that was taxiing to its gate clipped the wing of a parked Frontier Airlines plane, local ABC affiliate station WCVB reported. It was very scary. All of ...
Lockheed TriStar 1 (N31007) burned out while parked at Logan International Airport following an unexplained fire; no casualties. [44] August 26, 1974 A fire was discovered in the rear baggage compartment of a Boeing 707 after landing at Rome. A bomb placed on board malfunctioned and started a fire instead of exploding. [45] November 26, 1975
In St. Louis, live news reports about the hijacking prompted David J. Hanley, a 30-year-old businessman, to crash his 1972 Cadillac at 80 mph through two airport fences, travel down the runway at high speed, and crash into the nose gear of the plane, which was beginning to taxi. The demolished car lodged under the fuselage and one wing.
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Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458 was a scheduled United States passenger air commuter flight from LaGuardia Airport in New York City to Logan Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, with stopovers in Bridgeport, New Haven, and Groton, Connecticut.