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.^ List of notable accidents and incidents on commercial aircraft [ edit ] References .- American Airlines Flight 587 - MyWikiBiz, Author Your Legacy 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.mywikibiz.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The following list is a sample of reported incidents involving civilian aircraft.- MANPADS: Combating the Threat to Global Aviation from Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (Second Edition) 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.fas.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners .- TWA Flight 840 - on Opentopia, a free Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC encycl.opentopia.com [Source type: Academic]
1922
1930
- October 5 – The British airship R101 crashes north of Paris, killing 48 people in the ensuing fire.
1931
1933
1934
1937
- January 12 – Western Air Express Flight 7, a Boeing 247, crashes into a mountain near Newhall, California.^ The flight crashed into Andes mountains at 12,000 feet.
^ Then it burst into flames apparently.- CNN.com - Transcripts 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC cgi.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ United Air Lines Boeing 247 .
Five of the 13 people aboard die, including famed adventurer, author and filmmaker, Martin Johnson.
- May 6 – A Deutsche Zeppelin Reederei flight, the Zeppelin Hindenburg, bursts into flames and crashes while attempting a landing at Naval Air Engineering Station Lakehurst in New Jersey; of the 97 people on board, 35 are killed; one person on the ground also dies.
- November 16 – A Sabena Junkers Ju 52 crashes near Ostend, Belgium, killing all 11 on board, including the Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Cecilie of Hesse, who was eight months pregnant.
1938
1939
1940
1941
1942
1943
.^ AA American Airlines DC-10 - Accident Flight 191 - VideoEnglish: 271 passengers and crew aboard American Airlines Flight 191 and two on the ground lost their lives.
^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
Near Centerville, Tennessee.
.^ Three passengers and the pilot were killed.- Aviation Accident News | Baum Hedlund Law 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.baumhedlundlaw.com [Source type: News]
^ All 104 passengers and crew are killed.- Air Travel - Salon.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC images.salon.com [Source type: News]
^ The three crew members and seven passengers were all killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
This was second fatal crash of Flight 63, occurring two-and-a-half months after the crash of the Flagship Missouri's sister ship, the
Flagship Ohio.
1944
1947
1948
.^ British Airways DC-9 / Trident 3B .
^ January 28 – A flight chartered by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service crashes in the hills west of Coalinga, California, killing 32.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 31 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
The loss of the aircraft along with that of BSAA Avro Tudor
Star Ariel in 1949
remain unsolved to this day, with the resulting speculation helping to develop the
Bermuda Triangle legend.
March 12 – Northwest Airlines Flight 4422, a DC-4, crashes into Mount Sanford in the Alaska Territory, killing 30.
April 5 – In the 1948 Gatow air disaster, a British European Airways Vickers VC.1 Viking crashes near RAF Gatow, Berlin after a collision with a Soviet Air Force Yakovlev Yak-3 fighter; all 14 people on board the Viking are killed, as is the Soviet pilot.
June 17 – United Airlines Flight 624, a DC-6, crashes near Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania after errors in attempting to extinguish what was believed to have been an on-board fire; all 43 on board die.
July 17 – Miss Macao, a Catalina seaplane operated by a Cathay Pacific subsidiary, over the Pearl River delta from Macau to Hong Kong, is hijacked with 23 passengers and three crew on board by a group attempting to rob the passengers; following a struggle in the cockpit, a crash kills all on board except one passenger, later identified as the lead hijacker; this is the earliest known airliner hijacking.
October 2 – In the Bukken Bruse disaster, a flying boat crashes upon landing in Trondheim, Norway; 19 are killed; Bertrand Russell is among the 24 survivors.
October 20 – In the 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster, a Lockheed Constellation named Nijmegen crashes near Prestwick, Scotland, killing 40.
1949
.^ On January 21st, US Airways Express Flight 3079 was en route from New York's LaGuardia Airport to Louisville, KY when it was diverted to Philadelphia after a flight attendant saw a young passenger strapping a device to his wrist and head.
^ On 20 October, Van Zant, Steve Gaines, his sister and backup singer, Cassie and manager Dean Kilpatrick were killed in a plane crash en route from Greenville, South Carolina to Baton Rouge, Louisiana.- Airplane crash page in Fuller Up, Dead Musician Directory 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC elvispelvis.com [Source type: General]
^ For example, today's British Airways traces its heritage back through British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), British European Airways Corporation (BEA), the first British Airways and Imperial Airways, Ltd.- Aviation 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.wordtrade.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Plane crashes in New York River .- US Airways Plane Crashes In Hudson River (PHOTOS, VIDEO) 15 September 2009 20:46 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ New York: McGraw-Hill, 2003.- Air Transportation Safety Resources Chapter 3 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: Academic]
All the 11 crew and 37 passengers are killed, among whom the French violinist
Ginette Neveu and boxer
Marcel Cerdan.
November 1 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, a Douglas DC-4, on approach to Washington National Airport, suffers a mid-air collision with a Lockheed P-38; all 55 people on board the DC-4 died, including Congressman George J. Bates, New Yorker cartoonist Helen E. Hokinson, and former Congressman Michael J. Kennedy; the pilot and sole occupant of the P-38 is seriously injured.
November 29 – American Airlines Flight 157, a Douglas DC-6 en route from New York City to Mexico City, veers off the runway and strikes buildings after the flight crew loses control of the aircraft during its final approach to Dallas Love Field; 26 passengers and two flight attendants die.
1950
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Air France Flight 447 (June 1, 2009): Air France Flight 447 disappeared and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ I was boarding a Korean Airline flight for Seoul.- False Authority Syndrome - davidgagne.net 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.davidgagne.net [Source type: Original source]
Sixteen years later
Air India Flight 101 crashes in almost the exact same spot.
1951
- March 27 - A Douglas C-47A-75-DL Dakota 3 cargo aircraft operated by Air Transport Charter and en route to Nutts Corner Airport, Antrim, Northern Ireland, crashes shortly after take-off following the aircraft's failure to gain height, killing two of the three crew and two of the three passengers.
- April 25 – Cubana de Aviación Flight 493, a Douglas DC-4 en route from Miami, Florida to Havana, Cuba, collides in mid-air with a United States Navy Beech SNB-1 Kansan off Key West; all 43 aboard both aircraft are killed.
- June 22 – Pan Am Flight 151, a Lockheed L049 Constellation en route from Accra, Ghana to Monrovia, Liberia, crashes into a hill near Sanoye in Bong County, Liberia, 54 miles (86 km) from the airport; all 31 passengers and 6 crew members die.
- August 24 – United Airlines Flight 615, a Douglas DC-6B, crashes near Decoto (now Union City), California, while on final approach to Oakland, California; all 44 passengers and 6 crew members die.
1952
1953
1954
- January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet flying from Rome to London on the last leg of a flight from Singapore, disintegrates in mid-air, when metal fatigue from repeated pressurization cycles compromises the fuselage, killing the 29 passengers and six crew.
- April 8 – South African Airways Flight 201, a de Havilland Comet flying from Rome to Cairo bound for Johannesburg, disintegrates in mid-air, killing all 14 passengers and seven crew; as in BOAC Flight 781, the cause is metal fatigue at stress risers at the corners of the square windows in the aluminum skin; subsequently, all pressurized aircraft windows are constructed with wide radius corners.
- April 8 - a Royal Canadian Air Force Canadair Harvard collided with a Trans-Canada Airlines Canadair North Star over Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, killing 36 people on the aircraft and 1 person on the ground.
- September 5 – KLM Flight 633, a Lockheed L1049 Super Constellation, ditches after takeoff from Shannon Airport in Ireland, killing 28 of 56 on board.
1955
- February 19 – TWA Flight 260, a Martin 404, crashes into the Sandia Mountains near Albuquerque, New Mexico, killing all 16 on board.
- March 20 – American Airlines Flight 711, a Convair CV-240, strikes the ground during final approach in Springfield, MO; of the 35 person aboard, 22 survive.
- March 26 – Pan American World Airways Flight 845/26, a Boeing 377, ditches into the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast, killing four.
- April 11 – An Air India aircraft named Kashmir Princess explodes under suspicious circumstances; 16 people are killed and three survive.
- July 27 – El Al Flight 402, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, inadvertently strays over Bulgarian territory on its way from Vienna to Tel Aviv, and is shot down by two Bulgarian fighter aircraft, killing all 58 on board.
- October 6 – United Airlines Flight 409, a Douglas DC-4, crashes near Centennial, Wyoming, killing all 66 on board.
- November 1 – United Airlines Flight 629, a Douglas DC-6B, is bombed by Jack Gilbert Graham over Denver, Colorado; all 44 on board are killed.
1956
- April 2 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2, a Boeing Stratocruiser, ditches into Puget Sound after takeoff from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport after the cowl flaps are incorrectly set for takeoff; four passengers and a flight attendant die, probably of hypothermia, while waiting for rescue; 33 survive.
- June 30 – United Airlines Flight 718, a DC-7, collides with TWA Flight 2, a Lockheed Constellation, over the Grand Canyon, killing all 128 aboard both planes; operating under VFR, the planes fail to see each other; the Federal Aviation Administration is created in the aftermath; the FAA establishes new rules for passenger carriers, among them the requirement to operate under IFR, even in good weather.
- July 9 – A Trans-Canada Air Lines Vickers Viscount sheds a propeller blade over Flat Rock, Michigan; the blade penetrates the passenger cabin, killing one of 35 aboard; this is the first known case of a turboprop shedding a blade in passenger service.
- October 16 – Pan Am Flight 6, a Boeing 377 Stratocruiser, is forced to ditch in the Pacific Ocean between Hawai'i and San Francisco; all 31 on board are rescued by a nearby United States Coast Guard ship.
- December 9 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810, a Canadair North Star, crashes near Hope, British Columbia, Canada, killing all 62 people on board; the wreckage is located almost a year later.
1957
1958
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
All 47 aboard the airliner and both F-100 crew members are killed.
August 14 – KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation (named "Hugo de Groot") en route from Amsterdam to New York, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean shortly after takeoff from Shannon Airport in Ireland, killing all 99 passengers and crew, including six members of the Egyptian fencing team.
October 22 - British European Airways Flight 142, a Vickers Viscount, collided with an Italian Air Force North American F-86 Sabre over Italy, all 31 on board died.
1959
- February 3 – American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Super Electra, crashes into the East River, New York City, as a result of pilot error; sixty-five passengers and crew are killed.
- February 17 – A Turkish Airlines Vickers Viscount 793 charter flight carrying the Turkish prime minister and other government officials crashes in heavy fog during its final approach into London Gatwick Airport; five of the eight crew and nine of the sixteen passengers die in the accident; Prime Minister Adnan Menderes is among the ten survivors.
- May 12 – Capital Airlines Flight 75, a Vickers Viscount 745D flying from New York City to Atlanta, breaks up in flight over Chase, Maryland, due to loss of control in severe turbulence; all 31 on board are killed.
- October 30 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 349, a Douglas DC-3, crashes on Bucks Elbow Mountain near Charlottesville, Virginia, killing the crew of three and 23 of 24 passengers; the sole survivor is seriously injured; the cause is a navigational error during an ILS approach.
- November 16 – National Airlines Flight 967, a Douglas DC-7B, crashes into the Gulf of Mexico while on a flight from Tampa, Florida to New Orleans, Louisiana, in a possible case of sabotage; all 40 on board perish.
1960
.^ Follows the U.S. and international airline and air transport industry, offering information about manufacturers, aircraft, airlines, and airports.- Sources of Information in Transportation - Air Transportation - General Air Transportation 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ntl.bts.gov [Source type: Academic]
^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Thursday, immolating the aircraft and home and killing 50 people.- Aviation News | Airplane Accident News | Aviation Attorneys Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nphm.com [Source type: News]
.^ The aircraft was towed to shore and all 52 occupants survived.- http://boortz.com/blogging/cxr-search.cgi?tag=aviation&IncludeBlogs=65&IncludeBlogs=65 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC boortz.com [Source type: General]
All 26 passengers and crew of the Brazilian aircraft died.
October 4 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 375, a Lockheed L188 Super Electra, crashes on takeoff from Boston's Logan International Airport into Winthrop Bay, after multiple bird strikes; 62 of 72 aboard die.
October 29 – A chartered Curtiss C-46 crashes on take-off at the Toledo Express Airport in Toledo, Ohio with the loss of twenty-two people including sixteen players on the California Polytechnic State University football team.
December 16 – The 1960 New York air disaster: United Airlines Flight 826, a Douglas DC-8, and TWA Flight 266, a Lockheed Super Constellation, collide in mid-air over Staten Island in New York; all 128 aboard the two planes and six people on the ground are killed.
1961
.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
All 61 passengers and crew on board are killed.
September 1 - Trans World Airlines Flight 529, a Lockheed Constellation L-049 propliner, abruptly pitches up and crashes shortly after takeoff from Chicago's Midway Airport, killing all 73 passengers and 5 crew on board; a 5/16 inch bolt which fell out of the elevator control linkage just before the crash is blamed.
September 12 - Air France Flight 2005, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes on approach to Rabat-Salé Airport, killing all 71 people and 6 crew on board.
September 17 – Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706, a Lockheed L-188 Electra, crashes on takeoff from Chicago as a result of a maintenance error causing the ailerons to become detached from the control wheels; all 37 on board die.
October 7 - Derby Aviation C47 crashes into Canigou mountainside en-route London - Perpigan, killing all 34 aboard.
November 8 - Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8, a Lockheed Constellation L-049, crashes on landing at Byrd Field near Richmond, Virginia; all 74 passengers — mostly new US Army recruits being flown to their base for training — die of carbon monoxide asphyxiation, along with three crew members; the captain and flight engineer survive by escaping the burning wreckage.
November 23 - Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 322, a de Havilland Comet 4 DH-106 turbojet, crashes in Campinas, Brazil shortly after takeoff, killing all 12 crew and 40 passengers on board.
1962
- March 1 – American Airlines Flight 1, a Boeing 707, crashes in Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York, killing 95.
- March 4 – Caledonian Airways Flight 153, a Douglas DC-7, crashes into a jungle swamp at Douala, Cameroon, killing 111.
- March 16 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 739, a Lockheed L1049 Super Constellation chartered by the United States military, and carrying 96 American soldiers en route to South Vietnam, disappears over the western Pacific.
- May 22 – Continental Airlines Flight 11, a Boeing 707, breaks up in mid-air near Unionville, Missouri after a passenger's bomb exploded in the lavatory; all 45 on board are killed.
- June 3 – In the 1962 Air France Orly crash, a chartered Boeing 707 skids and burns after the pilot rejects takeoff, killing many of Atlanta, Georgia's civic and cultural leaders; two flight attendants are the only survivors, as 130 die in the worst one-aircraft accident to that date.
- June 22 - Air France Flight 117, an international scheduled multi-leg Boeing 707 crashes in a forest hill on the island of Guadeloupe, while approaching Pointe-à-Pitre International Airport; 113 die in that accident with no survivors; the worst accident in Guadeloupe.
- June 30 - an Aeroflot domestic flight, shot down by a missile near Voznesenka, Krasnoyarsk krai; all 84 die; the worst air accident in Russia at that time.
- July 7 - Alitalia Flight 771, hit high terrain while descending due to navigation error near Junnar, Maharashtra, India; all 94 die.
- July 19 - United Arab Airlines Flight 869 - an international scheduled flight from Hong Kong to Cairo with a stopover in Bangkok; de Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C crashed in the Khao Yai mountain, descending to Bangkok, a CFIT error; all 26 die.
- November 23 – United Airlines Flight 297, a Vickers Viscount 745D, crashes near Ellicott City, Maryland, following a bird strike; all 17 people on board die.
- November 30 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 512, a Douglas DC-7B, crashes as a result of pilot error during a missed approach at New York's Idlewild Airport; 25 of 51 on board are killed.
1963
.^ United Airlines flight attendants demonstrate at ...- Cabin Crew News: January 2007 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC cabincrewblog.com [Source type: News]
^ United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
^ The airlines in the United States are deregulated.
All 101 on board killed.
July 3 – New Zealand National Airways Corporation Flight 441, a DC-3 Skyliner flying from Whenuapai Airport, Auckland to Tauranga, crashes into the Kaimai Ranges; all 23 aboard die, making it the worst air disaster in mainland New Zealand to date.
July 3 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 121, a Martin 404, crashes near Rochester, New York while attempting takeoff, killing seven of the 43 people on board.
August 21 – an Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-124 ditches in the Neva river in Leningrad after engine failure; there were no fatalities among the 52 on board, but the aircraft is destroyed.
November 29 – Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8, crashes shortly after takeoff from Montréal/Dorval Airport, killing all 118 people on board.
December 8 – Pan Am Flight 214, a Boeing 707, is struck by positive lightning and crashes near Elkton, Maryland, killing all 81 people on board.
1964
- February 25 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a Douglas DC-8 flying from New Orleans International Airport to Washington National Airport, crashes into Lake Pontchartrain killing all 51 passengers and seven crew aboard.
- May 7 – Pacific Air Lines Flight 773, a Fairchild F27, crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard, after a passenger shoots both the captain and first officer before turning the gun on himself.
- November 15 – Bonanza Air Lines Flight 114, a Fairchild F27, slams into a mountain in poor weather while on a nighttime approach to Las Vegas, Nevada; all 29 aboard perish when the plane crashes only 10 feet (3 m) below a ridge; initially blamed on a pilot's misreading his approach chart, years later the chart maker agrees to pay a settlement of US$490,000 to some of the victims' heirs after it is shown the chart had incorrect markings.
- November 20 – Linjeflyg Flight 277, a Convair CV-340, crashes during the approach to Engelholm, Sweden, when, in instrument meteorological conditions, the crew abandons the set procedure and descends prematurely; 31 people are killed and 12 survived.
- December 24 – Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a Lockheed Constellation, crashes near San Bruno, California after an unexplained course deviation, killing the crew of three.
1965
- February 8 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 663, a Douglas DC-7B on takeoff, overreacts in avoiding Pan Am Flight 212 (a Boeing 707) on approach, loses control, and crashes into the ocean several miles off Jones Beach State Park, New York, killing all 84 on board.
- May 20 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 705, a Boeing 720, crashes on descent to Cairo International Airport, killing 119.
- July 1 – Continental Airlines Flight 12, a Boeing 707, runs off the end of the runway at Kansas City Downtown Airport, breaking into three pieces; all 66 on board survive.
- July 8 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 21, a Douglas DC-6, crashes near 100 Mile House, British Columbia after the explosion of a device in the lavatory; all 46 passengers and six crew aboard perish.
- August 16 – United Airlines Flight 389, a Boeing 727, crashes into Lake Michigan at night, after the pilots apparently misread their altimeters; all 24 passengers and six crew perish.
- November 11 – United Airlines Flight 227, a Boeing 727, crashes short of the runway during landing at Salt Lake City International Airport, Utah; forty-three of 91 aboard are killed.
1966
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ The four crew and 64 passengers were all killed.
Sixteen years earlier
Air India Flight 245 crashed in almost the exact same spot.
February 4 – All Nippon Airways Flight 60, a Boeing 727-100, crashes into Tokyo Bay, Japan; all 133 aboard are killed.
March 4 – Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 (CP402), a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-43 crashes on landing at Tokyo International Airport in Japan, killing 64 passengers and crew; eight passengers survive.
March 5 – BOAC Flight 911, a Boeing 707 bound for Hong Kong, crashes at Mount Fuji near Gotenba, Japan, killing all 124 passengers and crew.
August 6 – All 42 on board are killed when Braniff Flight 250, a BAC One-Eleven, flies into an active squall line and breaks apart in mid-air near Falls City, Nebraska.
October 1 – West Coast Airlines Flight 956 crashes with 18 fatalities 5.5 miles south of Wemme, Oregon, marking the first loss of a Douglas DC-9.
November 13 – All Nippon Airways Flight 533, a NAMC YS-11, plunges into Seto Inland Sea after an overrun at Matsuyama Airport, Shikoku, Japan, killing all 50 passengers and crew.
November 15 – Pan Am Flight 708, a Boeing 727, crashes near Berlin, Germany; all three crew members are killed.
November 24 – Bulgarian-Soviet Transport Aviation Corporation Flight 101, an Ilyushin IL-18B, crashes into a wooded hillside shortly after takeoff from Bratislava, Czechoslovakia, killing all 82 aboard.
1967
.^ Plane crashes into Hudson River near Manhattan .- US Airways Plane Crashes In Hudson River (PHOTOS, VIDEO) 15 September 2009 20:46 UTC www.huffingtonpost.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The plane crashes into a field 3 miles south of Roselawn, Ind.
^ Both passengers and all 5 crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
The pilot of the plane suffered a fatal heart attack while on approach and the co-pilot was unable to regain control of the aircraft.
April 20 - A Globe Air Bristol Britannia on a charter flight crashed in bad weather at Nicosia Airport, Cyprus, 126 killed.
June 4 – In the Stockport air disaster, a British Midland Canadair C-4 Argonaut carrying passengers returning from Palma de Mallorca is on approach to Manchester Airport when an engine loses power because of a design failure in the aircraft's fuel system; 72 of 84 on board are killed.
June 23 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, a BAC One-Eleven, crashes in Blossburg, Pennsylvania, killing all 34 people on board.
July 19 – Piedmont Airlines Flight 22, a Boeing 727 departing from Asheville, North Carolina, crashes shortly after takeoff after a mid-air collision with a twin-engine Cessna 310 on instrument approach to Asheville; all 82 passengers and crew on both aircraft die.
November 4 – Iberia Airlines Flight 062, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes at Black Down Hill Sussex, United Kingdom; all 37 passengers and crew are killed, including actress June Thorburn, who was five months pregnant.
November 20 – TWA Flight 128, a Convair 880, crashes in Constance, Kentucky on approach to Greater Cincinnati Airport, killing 70 of 82 persons on board.
1968
.^ The aircraft crashed and burned shortly after takeoff Tuesday night in Taipei on a flight bound for Los Angeles.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ AA American Airlines DC-10 - Accident Flight 191 - VideoEnglish: 271 passengers and crew aboard American Airlines Flight 191 and two on the ground lost their lives.
^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Eighty eight passengers and crew were killed.- The Safety Record of the MD-80 - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thelede.blogs.nytimes.com [Source type: News]
^ Ninety eight crew ans pasengers were killed in last night's terror-hijacking attack on two civilian aircraft.- Threat Matrix: Daily Terror Threat - Thread Eighteen 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.freerepublic.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All six crew members and 148 passengers on the 737 were killed.
.^ The crew was not able to correctly determine their altitude and airspeed and with no ground reference over water and at night, crashed into the ocean killing all 70 aboard.
^ If an Airline is deemed not fit to fly it should be grounded until the Airline gets an all clear from the authorities.- Connect the World: Blog Archive - Airline Safety « - Blogs from CNN.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC connecttheworld.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: General]
.^ He tells the crash crew that the aircraft is off the approach end of runway 8.- Aviation Forum - The Lexington ATC was NOT doing traffic count after he cleared Comair 5191 for takeoff. 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC avitop.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Eighty-one passengers and 11 crew members were onboard the Boeing 767 aircraft.- Terrorism 2000/2001 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.fbi.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The crew has been killed; a flight attendant has been stabbed.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
All 39 passengers and crew on board are killed.
1969
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ The four crew and 64 passengers were all killed.
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 29 crew and passengers on board were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
At 155 people dead, it was the worst aviation disaster in history at that time.
April 2 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight LO 165, an Antonov An-24, crashes in southern Poland, killing all 53 people on board.
September 9 – Allegheny Airlines Flight 853, a Douglas DC-9, collides in flight with a Piper PA-28 Cherokee and crashes near Fairland, Indiana, killing all 83 occupants aboard the two aircraft.
September 12 – Philippine Airlines Flight 158, a BAC One-Eleven, crashes on approach to Manila International Airport killing 45 of the 47 passengers and crew on board.
November 19 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 411, a Fairchild 227, crashes near Glens Falls, New York, killing all 14 people on board.
1970
- February 15 – Contaminated fuel causes dual engine failure shortly after takeoff from Las Américas International Airport near Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in the Dominicana DC-9 air disaster; all 102 on board were killed.
- February 21 – A bomb in the cargo hold of Swissair Flight 330, a Convair CV-990, detonates nine minutes after takeoff from Zürich International Airport in Kloten, Switzerland; all 38 passengers and nine crew perish.
- March 31 – Japan Airlines Flight 351, a Boeing 727, is hijacked to North Korea by a Japanese Red Army faction.
- May 2 – ALM Flight 980, a Douglas DC-9 operated by Overseas National Airways, ditches near St. Croix, Virgin Islands, killing 23, including two infants and one crew member; 40, including 4 crew members, survive.
- July 5 – Air Canada Flight 621, a Douglas DC-8, explodes following a failed landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 109 fatalities.
- August 9 – LANSA Flight 502, a Lockheed Electra turboprop, crashes and burns shortly after takeoff from Cuzco, Peru, killing 99 people on the plane and two on the ground; among the dead are 49 American high school exchange students.
- August 12 – China Airlines Flight 206, a NAMC YS-11, crashes in thick fog and a severe thunderstorm into Yuan Mountain, near Taipei International Airport, killing 14 of 31 people on board.
- September 6 – The Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine orchestrates the Dawson's Field hijackings of El Al Flight 219, Pan Am Flight 93, Swissair Flight 100, TWA Flight 741, and (on September 9) BOAC Flight 775; the unprecedented scale of the incident draws international outrage and plays a major role in instigating the eventual widespread implementation of air passenger screening, heretofore done only haphazardly and inconsistently.
- October 2 – In what is known as the Wichita State Crash, a Martin 4-0-4 aircraft crashes near Silver Plume, Colorado; it is one of two planes carrying the Wichita State University football team to Logan, Utah for a game; twenty-eight passengers, the plane's captain and a flight attendant die out of forty passengers on board.
- November 14 – Southern Airways Flight 932, a chartered Douglas DC-9, crashes on approach at Tri-State Airport in Huntington, West Virginia, killing all 75 on board, including 37 players of the Marshall University football team and all but one of the coaching staff.
1971
- June 6 – A United States Marine Corps McDonnell-Douglas F-4B Phantom II fighter jet collides with Hughes Airwest Flight 706, a Douglas DC-9, which crashes into the San Gabriel Mountains near Duarte, California, killing all 49 people aboard; the pilot of the Phantom also dies, while his radar intercept officer successfully bails out.
- July 3 – Toa Domestic Airlines Flight 64, a NAMC YS-11, hits Yokotsudake (Yokotsu Mountain) near Hakodate Airport, Hokkaidō, Japan, killing all 68 passengers and crew.
- July 30 – ANA Flight 58, a Boeing 727-200, collides with a JSDF F-86 fighter jet at Shizukuishi near Morioka, Japan, killing all 162 passengers and crew; the JSDF pilot parachutes to safety, and is later arrested by local police on suspicion of colliding with a civilian aircraft.
- July 30 – Pan American Airways Flight 845, a Boeing 747-100, attempts to take off from San Francisco at the wrong speed, over-running the runway and colliding with approach lighting structures; the aircraft sustains damage to flight control and other systems, but becomes airborne, circles over the ocean to dump fuel, and lands back in San Francisco; of the 218 on board, 29 are injured, 10 seriously.
- November 24 – A man reported as D. B. Cooper hijacks Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 305, a Boeing 727, out of Portland, Oregon, releasing the passengers in exchange for US$200,000 and four parachutes; the crew takes off with Cooper on board, and he parachutes from the plane; Cooper is never found and his fate remains unknown, although a roll of bills from his ransom is found in a riverbed many years later.
- December 24 – LANSA Flight 508, a Lockheed Electra en route from Lima to Pucallpa, Peru, breaks apart in mid-air after being set aflame by lightning; it crashes in the Amazon Rainforest and 91 people die; one teenage girl survives after falling two miles (3 km) down into the Amazon rainforest strapped to her seat; she walks through the jungle for 10 days until being rescued by local lumbermen.
1972
- January 26 – JAT Yugoslav Flight 367, a Douglas DC-9, suffers a bomb explosion while en route from Copenhagen to Zagreb; twenty-seven of twenty-eight on board are killed; Vesna Vulović, the only survivor, is entered in the Guinness Book of World Records for surviving the longest fall without a parachute, over ten thousand meters.
- March 3 – Mohawk Airlines Flight 405, a Fairchild Hiller FH227B twin-engine turboprop, crashes near Albany, New York while descending to land, killing 16 of the 48 people on board and 1 on the ground.
- May 5 – Alitalia Flight 112, a Douglas DC-8 flying from Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Rome, Italy, to Palermo International Airport crashes into Mount Longa, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south-west of Palermo while on approach, killing all 115 passengers and crew; it remains the deadliest single-aircraft disaster in Italy.
- June 12 – American Airlines Flight 96, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, suffers explosive decompression when one of its cargo doors fails in flight; the crew manages an emergency landing at Detroit, Michigan and all 67 on board evacuate safely.
- June 15 – A carry-on suitcase bomb explodes on Cathay Pacific Flight 700Z, a Convair CV-880, at 29,000 feet over Vietnam; all 81 on board perish.
- June 18 – British European Airways Flight 548, a Hawker Siddeley Trident, undergoes a series of stalls as a result of pilot error, followed by a deep stall, crashing near Staines, United Kingdom; all 118 on board are killed.
- June 24 – Prinair Flight 191 is over-rotated because of pilot error and crashes in Ponce, Puerto Rico, killing 5 of 20 people on board.
- August 14 - Interflug Flight DM-SEA crashes near Königs Wusterhausen, all 156 passengers and crew are killed making it the worst air disater in Germany of all times.
- October 13 – Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes; passengers survive for 72 days by feeding on the dead.
- December 8 – United Airlines Flight 553 crashes after aborting its landing attempt at Chicago Midway International Airport, killing 43 of 60 people on board and 2 people on the ground; among those killed was Dorothy Hunt, wife of Watergate conspirator E. Howard Hunt.
- December 23 – Braathens Flight 239 crashes in Asker upon landing at Fornebu airport, Oslo, Norway, killing 40 of 45 people on board.
- December 29 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 401, a Lockheed Tristar, crashes in the Florida Everglades, killing 103 of 176 people on board; the crew is distracted by a faulty gear-down light, resulting in controlled flight into terrain; this is the first crash of a widebody aircraft.
1973
- February 21 – Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114, a Boeing 727, strays off course and is shot down by Israeli jets in the Sinai war zone, killing 108 of 113 people on board.
- April 10 - Invicta International Airlines Flight 435, a Vickers Vanguard 952 from Bristol Lulsgate to Basle, flies into a hillside near Hochwald, Switzerland, somersaults and breaks up, killing 108 with 40 survivors.
- July 11 – Varig Flight 820, a Boeing 707, experiences an on-board fire and crashes near Paris, France, killing 123 out of 134 on board.
- July 22 – Pan American World Airways Flight 816, a Boeing 707, crashes shortly after takeoff from Faa'a's airport Tahiti, French Polynesia killing 77 out of 78 on board.
- July 23 – Japan Air Lines Flight 404, a Boeing 747, is hijacked after takeoff from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands; one hijacker is killed and the flight's purser injured by a grenade blast; after several days and multiple flight legs, the passengers are released in Benghazi, Libya and the aircraft is blown up on the ground.
- July 31 – Delta Air Lines Flight 723, a Douglas DC-9, descends prematurely and crashes on final approach to Boston Logan International Airport, killing all on board; probable cause is unstabilized final approach by the flight crew.
- August 13 – Aviaco Flight 118, a Sud Caravelle en-route from Madrid to La Coruña crashes while approaching La Coruña Alvedro airport, in Montrove, 2 km from the airport; 84 of 85 died.
- December 17 – Pan Am Flight 110, a Boeing 707, is firebombed by Palestinian gunmen while at gate in Rome, Italy killing 29 of 68 passengers and crew; other gunmen then hijack a Lufthansa Boeing 737 to Athens; in total, 33 die as a result of the firebombing and hijacking.
1974
- January 30- Pan American World Airways Pan Am Flight 806, a Boeing 707-321B, crashes on approach to Pago Pago International Airport on American Samoa.^ American Airlines Flight 77.
- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ American Airlines Flight 191.
^ On 3 November 1973, Pan Am Flight 160, a 707 crashed on approach to Boston-Logan.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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- March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a DC-10, crashes in the Ermenonville forest near Senlis, France after the rear underfloor cargo door opens during flight; all 346 on board die.
- April 22- Pan American World Airways Pan Am Flight 812, a Boeing 707-321B, crashes into mountainous terrain 42.5 nautical miles northwest of Denpasar, Bali,.^ All 144 people on board were killed.
- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 29 crew and passengers on board were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Its difficult or impossible to open their doors during flight (with good reason).- Hacker News | Ask HN: Why do airlines still use "black boxes" ? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC news.ycombinator.com [Source type: Original source]
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- September 8 – A bomb in the cargo hold of TWA Flight 841 plunges it into the Ionian Sea, killing all 88 on board.
- September 11 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 212, a DC-9, crashes on approach to Charlotte, North Carolina; 72 of 82 people on board are killed.
- September 15 – Air Vietnam Flight 706 is hijacked and crashes in Phan Rang, Vietnam; all 75 on board die.
- November 20 – Lufthansa Flight 540 crashes shortly after takeoff in Nairobi, Kenya; 59 of 157 on board are killed in the first crash of a Boeing 747.
- December 1 – TWA Flight 514, a Boeing 727 inbound to Dulles International Airport, crashes into Mount Weather in Bluemont, Virginia, killing all 85 passengers and 7 crew.
- December 29 - An Antonov An-24 (YR-AMD) operating on a domestic scheduled flight from Bucharest to Sibiu, crashed into the side of the Muntii Lotrului (22km south of Sibiu) at an altitude of 1700 m, killing all 28 passengers and 5 crew members.^ All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed.
- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight from Tamanrasset to Ghardaia.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
The crew's incorrect approach procedure execution, which lead to the aircraft drifting south off course by 20 km, while the wind was increasing turbulence was present.
1975
- January 9 - Golden West Airlines Flight 261, a De Havilland Twin Otter, collides with a Cessna 150 near Whittier, California, killing all 14 people in both aircraft.
- June 24 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 66, a Boeing 727, encounters wind shear on final approach and strikes approach lights at John F. Kennedy International Airport, killing 112 of 124 people on board.
- September 30 – Malév Flight 240, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes on approach near Lebanon, killing all 60 people on board.
1976
- January 1 – Middle East Airlines Flight 438, a Boeing 720, crashes in Saudi Arabia when a bomb explodes in the forward baggage compartment, killing all 81 people on board.
- April 27 – American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, killing 37 of 88 people on board.
- June 27 – Air France Flight 139, an Airbus A300, is hijacked from Athens by two Palestinians and two Germans who divert the flight to Libya and then to Uganda, where the plane is met by pro-Palestinian forces from Idi Amin's government; Israeli troops eventually storm the airport in Operation Entebbe, killing hijackers and Ugandan soldiers and freeing all but three of the hostages; Israeli colonel Yonatan Netanyahu, brother of Benjamin Netanyahu, is also killed in the raid.
- July 28 – ČSA Flight OK-NAB, an Ilyushin Il-18, crashes near Bratislava in Czechoslovakia, killing 76 of 78 people on board.
- August 15 – SAETA Flight 232, a Vickers Viscount 785D, goes missing mid-route from Quito to Cuenca, Ecuador; all 4 crew members and 55 passengers are killed, but the scene remains undiscovered for 26 years until October 17, 2002, when climbers on the eastern face of the stratovolcano Chimborazo come upon the site.
- September 10 – A mid-air collision occurs between a British Airways Hawker Siddeley Trident and an Inex-Adria Douglas DC-9 near Zagreb, Yugoslavia, killing all 176 people on board both aircraft.
- October 6 – Cubana Flight 455, a Douglas DC-8, is bombed by anti-Castro militants and crashes near Bridgetown, Barbados, killing all 73 people on board.
1977
.^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
^ "On March 27, 1977, on the island of Tenerife, two fully loaded 747 jumbo jets collided on a fog-blanketed runway, claiming the lives of 583 people in what is still the deadliest crash in aviation history.- signalcharlie - Runway Safety 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.signalcharlie.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- signalcharlie - Runway Safety 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.signalcharlie.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 109 aboard were killed.
It remains the second-worst air accident in Cuba's history.
September 28 – Japan Air Lines Flight 472, a Douglas DC-8, is hijacked after taking off from Mumbai, India by Japanese Red Army (JRA) terrorists, who force the plane to land in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where they demand US$6,000,000 and the release of nine imprisoned JRA members being held in Japan; the Japanese government complies and all of the hostages are eventually released.
October 13 – Lufthansa Flight 181, a Boeing 737, is hijacked by four Palestinian members of the PFLP, who kill the captain; subsequently, German police commandos from GSG 9 storm the aircraft, killing three of the hijackers and capturing the fourth, with no other casualties.
October 20 – Lynyrd Skynyrd's chartered Convair 240 airliner runs out of fuel en route to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, crashing five miles north of Gillsburg, Mississippi in a swampy pine forest while trying to reach an alternate airport; band members Ronnie Van Zant, Steve and Cassie Gaines, plus assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick and the two pilots of the plane, are killed in the accident.
November 19 – TAP Portugal Flight 425, a Boeing 727, overruns the runway at Madeira Airport and plunges over a steep bank, bursting into flames and killing 131 of the 164 people on board.
December 4 – Malaysia Airlines Flight 653, a Boeing 737, is hijacked under mysterious circumstances; minutes later, the airliner crashes into a swamp near Tanjung Kupang, Malaysia at a steep angle, killing all 100 people aboard.
December 18 – SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle 10R, crashes into the sea while on final approach to Madeira Airport, killing 36 people.
1978
.^ (But then, he did not have the "prestige" of telling people at a party that he was an airline pilot.- Air Travel - Salon.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.salon.com [Source type: News]
^ Terrorism in the United States did.- Terrorism 2000/2001 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.fbi.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Japan Air Lines DC-8-61 .
108 of the 129 passengers and crew on board are killed.
December 28 – United Airlines Flight 173, a Douglas DC-8, runs out of fuel while circling near Portland, Oregon, United States, as the crew investigates a light indicating a problem with the landing gear; the plane crashes in a wooded area, killing 10 and injuring 24 of the 181 on board.
1979
.^ All 144 people on board were killed.- Boeing 707 - Aircraft History And Specification 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airplanemart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
Of the 47 on board, 15 passengers and two crew died.
August 11 - Two Aeroflot Tupolev Tu-134s collide over Dniprodzerzhynsk, Ukraine, 178 killed.
October 31 – Western Airlines Flight 2605, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, strikes a vehicle on a closed runway in dense fog at Mexico City, Mexico; 72 die.
November 26 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 740, a Boeing 707, crashes after a fire in the cabin in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; all 145 passengers and 11 crew die.
November 28 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, hits high terrain on Mount Erebus, Antarctica during a sightseeing flight, killing all 257 people on board; becomes known as Mount Erebus Disaster.
1980
.^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
^ All 109 aboard were killed.
^ The citations did not mention the downing of the Iran Air flight at all.- Rochlin: Trapped in the Net -- Chapter 9: Unfriendly Fire 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC press.princeton.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
2 engine disintegrates and severs the elevator and rudder control lines; all 87 on board are killed.
April 25 - Dan-Air Flight 1008 a Boeing 727 crashes into mountain near Tenerife, Spain; all 138 passengers and eight crew die.
June 27 – Aerolinee Itavia Flight 870 crashes into the sea near Italy in controversial circumstances, killing all 81 people on board.
August 19 – Saudia Flight 163 lands at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia when a fire breaks out on board; the evacuation of the plane is delayed and all 301 on board die.
1981
1982
Salvage operations on Air Florida Flight 90
- January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737, crashes into the frozen Potomac River after takeoff from Washington National Airport; five on board survive; 78 on board and 4 on the ground die, including one initial survivor who dies after ensuring that the other crash survivors are rescued from the frozen river.
- January 23 – World Airways Flight 30, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-10, overshoots the runway at Boston, Massachusetts; two passengers were reported missing.
- February 9 – Japan Air Lines Flight 350, a Douglas DC-8-61, crashes on approach to Tokyo International Airport (Haneda); of the 166 passengers and 8 crew, 24 passengers are killed.
- March 11 – Widerøe Flight 933 crashed into the Barents Sea near Mehamn, killing all 15 on board; this accident remains highly controversial in Norway.
- March 20 – A Garuda Indonesia Fokker F28 overruns the runway in bad weather at Tanjung Karang-Branti Airport; all 27 are killed when the aircraft bursts into flames.
- June 8 – VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727, crashes into a hillside in Brazil, killing all 137 on board; the deadliest accident in Brazil to this date.
- June 21 – Air India Flight 403, a Boeing 707-420, crashes at Sahar International Airport in Mumbai, India while landing during a heavy rainstorm; 15 of 99 passengers and 2 of 12 crew are killed.
- June 24 – British Airways Flight 009, a Boeing 747-200, flies through a cloud of volcanic ash south of Java; all engines fail in flight, forcing the plane to glide; the crew is able to restart the engines and make a safe landing.
- July 6 – Aeroflot Flight 411, an Ilyushin Il-62, crashes after take-off from Sheremetyevo International Airport; all 90 on board are killed.
- July 9 – Pan Am Flight 759, crashes in Kenner, Louisiana, shortly after takeoff; all 145 on board and 8 people on the ground are killed.
- September 13 – Spantax Flight 995, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF, is destroyed by fire after an aborted take-off at Malaga, Spain; fifty of the 294 on board die.
1983
- January 16 – Turkish Airlines Flight 158, a Boeing 727-2F2, lands about 50 m (160 ft) short of the runway at Ankara Esenboğa Airport, Turkey in driving snow, breaks up and catches fire; 47 passengers are killed, all seven crew and 13 passengers survive the accident with injuries.
- June 2 – Air Canada Flight 797, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, catches fire during flight over Kentucky; 23 of 46 passengers die from smoke inhalation even after the crew successfully lands the aircraft in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- July 16 – A British Airways Sikorsky S-61 helicopter crashes into the sea off the Isles of Scilly; 20 of 26 people on board die, in the worst helicopter accident in the United Kingdom to this date and sparking a review of helicopter safety.
- July 23 – Air Canada Flight 143, a Boeing 767, runs out of fuel above Manitoba because of a miscalculation; the crew successfully glides the aircraft to a safe landing at a former Air Force base (and current drag strip) at Gimli, Manitoba; the aircraft becomes known as the Gimli Glider.
- September 1 – Korean Air Lines Flight 007, a Boeing 747, is shot down by Soviet fighter planes near Sakhalin after straying into Soviet airspace; all 269 people on board are killed.
- September 23 – Gulf Air Flight 771, a Boeing 737, crashes near Mina Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates after a bomb planted by the Abu Nidal Organization detonates on board; all 112 people on board perish.
- November 27 – Avianca Flight 11, a Boeing 747, strikes a hill because of a navigational error while attempting to land in Madrid, Spain; of the 192 passengers and crew aboard, 11 survive.
- December 20 - Ozark Airlines Flight 650, a DC-9, collides with a snow plow in Sioux Falls, South Dakota; all on-board survive, however the driver of the snow plow is killed.
1984
.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ When the plane landed the eleven passengers and three crew members were taken off the plane and loaded into a van.
^ April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, suffers explosive decompression during flight but manages to land safely.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
174 passengers, and four people on the ground perished in the crash.
1985
.^ January 1 – Eastern Air Lines Flight 980, a Boeing 727, impacts Mount Illimani in Bolivia.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ On January 1, 1985, Eastern Air Lines Flight 980 , a Boeing 727, crashed into Mount Illimani at an altitude of 19,600 feet.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ United Air Lines Boeing 247 .
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 29 crew and passengers on board were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ June 14 – TWA Flight 847, a Boeing 727, is hijacked by Lebanese militants.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ American Airlines Flight 11 goes off course and is hijacked.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Air India 182.- Original Home Page 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC plane-truth.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ June 23 – Air-India Flight 182, a Boeing 747, is bombed by Sikh extremists.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Air India 182 update.- Original Home Page 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC plane-truth.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ September 3 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815, a Tupolev Tu-134, crashes on approach to Phnom Penh International Airport in heavy rain, killing 65 of the 66 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Japan Air Lines DC-8-61 .
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Or Japan Air Flight 123 where a ruptured bulkhead caused the four hydraulic systems on the 747 to be lost.- 7 Theories on the Crash of Flight 447 - The Daily Beast 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.thedailybeast.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Single engine turboprop aircraft 0% .- Myjets Web page 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.myjets.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Single engine turboprop aircraft 1.46 .- Myjets Web page 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.myjets.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ To date, it is the worst single-aircraft disaster in history.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
.^ Egyptian special forces storm the plane on the island of Malta.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Suppose the plane had escaped or suppose the plane had simply been forced to land on Sakhalin Island.- http://www.jamesoberg.com/russian/kal007.html 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Another question that has never been satisfactorily answered is why there were approximately 20 members of an elite Special Forces unit known as Task Force 160 on the plane.
The incident kills 58 out of 90 passengers and all but one of the hijackers.
December 12 – Arrow Air Flight 1285, a Douglas DC-8, crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland, killing all 256 passengers and crew on board, making it currently the worst air disaster to occur in Canada; the cause is determined to be a stall most likely caused by wing icing.
1986
- March 31 – Mexicana Flight 940, a Boeing 727, crashes into high ground near Santiago Maravatío, Mexico.^ Mid-air collisions .
- Boston University School of Theology 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Mid-air collision .- Boston University School of Theology 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ March 31 – Mexicana Flight 940, a Boeing 727, crashes into high ground near Maravatio, Mexico.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- April 2 – TWA Flight 840, a Boeing 727, is bombed by Palestinian militants, killing four out of 121 people on board.^ Four people, waiting to board the craft were killed by the rotating blades.
^ All 21 passengers, as well as the 5 crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The crew of six, and 32 passengers are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- August 31 – Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, collides with a Piper Cherokee over Cerritos, California, killing all 67 people aboard both aircraft and 15 people on the ground.
- September 5 – Pan Am Flight 73, a Boeing 747, is hijacked on the ground at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, by Palestinian militants.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
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- November 6 – A Boeing 234LR Chinook helicopter operated by British International Helicopters crashes on approach to Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands with the loss of 45 lives.
- December 25 – Iraqi Airways Flight 163, a Boeing 737, is hijacked by Hezbollah militants while en route to Amman, Jordan.^ Two die out of 107 passengers on board.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Passengers at Brasília International Airport inquiring about delayed flights.- Boston University School of Theology 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The militants then hijack a Lufthansa Boeing 737 to Athens.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
A shootout with security forces causes the plane to crash, killing 63 of the 106 people on board.
1987
.^ September 23 – Gulf Air Flight 771, a Boeing 737, crashes near Mina Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates after a bomb planted by the Abu Nidal Organization detonates on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ November 6 – Luxair Flight 9642, a Fokker 50, crashes short of the runway while landing near Niederanven, Luxembourg in foggy conditions.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Adding to the coincidence, American Airlines Flight 77 -- the Boeing 767 that was hijacked and crashed into the Pentagon -- took off from Dulles at 8:10 a.m.- Killtown's: 9/11 coincidences and oddities page! - 9/11 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thewebfairy.com [Source type: News]
.^ There were 278 passengers aboard the flight.- Terrorist attacks reported as 'isolated incidents' 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.akdart.com [Source type: News]
^ March 14 - LOT Polish Airlines Flight 007, an Ilyushin Il-62 crashes near Warsaw airport due to loss of control after the no.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ There were no survivors among the passengers, flight crew and cabin attendants."- KAL 007 The Questions Remain Unanswered, by Robert W. Lee 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.reformed-theology.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed.- Boeing 727 | FlightMemory - Encyclopedia 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightmemory.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
.^ August 16 – Northwest Airlines Flight 255, an MD-82, crashes on takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport in Romulus, Michigan, 25 miles west of Detroit, due to pilot error.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Pilots and controllers blamed for Brazil crash ".- Boston University School of Theology 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Some calamities were the result of pilot errors.- Hall & Associates LLC 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.hallassoc.net [Source type: News]
.^ Boeing 737's into buildings, and d.- Patriots Question 9/11 - Engineers and Architects Question the 9/11 Commission Report 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC patriotsquestion911.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ October 2 – Aeroperú Flight 603, a Boeing 757, crashes into the ocean off Pasamayo, Peru, due to a maintenance error.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Some calamities were the result of pilot errors.- Hall & Associates LLC 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.hallassoc.net [Source type: News]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The flight was Continental Airlines flight 1404 and was leaving from Denver and heading to Houston.- Aviation News | Airplane Accident News | Aviation Attorneys Nurenberg, Paris, Heller & McCarthy 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nphm.com [Source type: News]
^ The four crew and 64 passengers were all killed.
.^ All 123 people on board die.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ I was boarding a Korean Airline flight for Seoul.- False Authority Syndrome - davidgagne.net 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.davidgagne.net [Source type: Original source]
^ All 68 people on board die.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.
1988
- March 17 – Avianca Flight 410, a Boeing 727, crashes into terrain near Cúcuta, Colombia after takeoff as a result of pilot error.^ This accident was the result of controlled flight into terrain (CFIT).
^ CFIT (Controlled flight into terrain) .- Page 7 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC whitts.alioth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ March 31 – Mexicana Flight 940, a Boeing 727, crashes into high ground near Maravatio, Mexico.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, suffers explosive decompression during flight but manages to land safely.^ April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, suffers explosive decompression during flight but manages to land safely.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- May 6 – A Widerøe-operated Dash 7 crashes in Torghatten, Norway in heavy fog, killing all 36 passengers in the worst-ever Dash 7 accident.
- June 26 – Air France Flight 296, an Airbus A320, makes a low pass over Mulhouse-Habsheim Airport in landing configuration during an air show and crashes into trees at the end of the runway.^ The tragic crash of an Air France flight into the Atlantic Ocean could turn out to be more than just an accident.
- Hot Air » Blog Archive » Uh oh: Terrorist names on doomed Air France passenger list? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC hotair.com [Source type: General]
^ June 8 – VASP Flight 168, a Boeing 727, crashes into a hillside in Brazil, killing all 137 on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Air France Flight 447 (June 1, 2009): Air France Flight 447 disappeared and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean on June 1, 2009.- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
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- July 3 – Iran Air Flight 655, an Airbus A300, is shot down over Iranian waters by the missile cruiser USS Vincennes; all 290 people on board are killed.
- August 31 – Delta Air Lines Flight 1141, a Boeing 727, crashes on takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport as a result of pilot error; of 108 people on board, 12 passengers and two crew members are killed.
- October 19 – Indian Airlines Flight 113 hits an electric mast 5 miles (8 kilometers) out on approach in poor visibility in Ahmedabad, India.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ February 14 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, an Airbus A320, crashes on its final approach to Bangalore airport.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- December 21 – Pan Am Flight 103, a Boeing 747, disintegrates in the air over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland after a terrorist bomb explodes on board.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ The four crew and 64 passengers were all killed.
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
The incident is also known as the Lockerbie air disaster.
1989
.^ January 8 – British Midland Flight 92, a Boeing 737, crashes near Leicester after one of its engines loses a fan blade and fails.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ British Midland Airways B-737-4Y0 .
^ June 28 – A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737, D2-TBP, with 78 people on board, loses control while landing and crashes in M'banza-Kongo, Angola, killing at least six people on board and injuring an unknown number of others.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 118 passengers and 8 crew, 79 survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Vinay Menon, India My deepest condolences to the surviving friends and family of the passengers and crew of Flight 990.- BBC News | Talking Point | EgyptAir Boeing 767 crash - Your Reaction 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
.^ The incident became known as the Lockerbie air disaster.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The incident became known as the Kegworth air disaster.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ An Independent Air (charter) Boeing 707 slams into a mountain in the Azores.- Air Travel - Salon.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC images.salon.com [Source type: News]
.^ This ultimately caused the cargo door on Flight UA 811 to separate from the fuselage, thus leading to an explosive decompression of the aircraft.- Original Home Page 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC plane-truth.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, suffers explosive decompression during flight but manages to land safely.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ Of 95 people on board, one flight attendant is blown out of the plane and killed, and several passengers are injured.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Some of the passengers and crew leave the plane and are escorted to a "safe" place.- The lost terror drills -11B - 9/11 training exercises 9 11 2001 wargames 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911review.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ United identified the plane as Flight 93 .- Killtown's: 9/11 coincidences and oddities page! - 9/11 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thewebfairy.com [Source type: News]
^ I was boarding a Korean Airline flight for Seoul.- False Authority Syndrome - davidgagne.net 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.davidgagne.net [Source type: Original source]
^ All 144 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The crew maintains partial control of the aircraft using differential throttle, bringing it to a crash landing on the runway of the Sioux City, Iowa airport.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The aircraft landed on the runway, but was unable to stop on the runway.- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ "The plane crashed while trying to land at the airport."- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
.^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Boeing 737's into buildings, and d.- Patriots Question 9/11 - Engineers and Architects Question the 9/11 Commission Report 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC patriotsquestion911.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 70 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 290 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 31 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The Medellín Cartel claimed responsibility for the attack.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ December 15 - KLM Flight 867, a Boeing 747 flying from Amsterdam to Anchorage, Alaska, flew through a cloud of volcanic debris, and subsequently all four engines shut down.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Title: Maintenance Anomaly resulting in Dragged Engine during Landing Rollout, Northwest Airlines Flight 18 Boeing 747-251B, N637US New Tokyo International Airport Narita, Japan, March 1, 1994.- NTSB - Publications 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.ntsb.gov [Source type: Reference]
The crew is able to restart the engines and land the plane safely.
1990
- January 25 – Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707, runs out of fuel and crashes while attempting to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.^ January 25 – Avianca Flight 52, a Boeing 707, runs out of fuel and crashes while attempting to land at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The airport of New York shock by bomb.- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ "The plane crashed while trying to land at the airport."- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
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- February 14 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, an Airbus A320, crashes on its final approach to Bangalore airport.^ February 14 – Indian Airlines Flight 605, an Airbus A320, crashes on its final approach to Bangalore airport.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ I was boarding a Korean Airline flight for Seoul.- False Authority Syndrome - davidgagne.net 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.davidgagne.net [Source type: Original source]
^ Of the 158 people on board, 85 survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- June 10 – British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC One-Eleven, suffers explosive decompression over Didcot, Oxfordshire, England when one of the front windscreen panes blows out.^ All 170 people on board are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The captain is partially sucked out of the cockpit, but a flight attendant manages to keep his unconscious body from falling from the aircraft.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All the blood in her body has been sucked out.- "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" (2000) - Episode list 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.imdb.com [Source type: General]
^ The aircraft's cross-feed fuel valve leaked fuel into the cockpit and an intense fire broke out.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The first officer lands the aircraft safely at Southampton Airport.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The first officer lands the plane safely at Haneda, Japan.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ At that altitude, if the approach could not be safely executed, the aircraft would then go around for another try at the approach or fly to an alternate airport where meteorologic conditions were better.- http://www.jamesoberg.com/russian/kal007.html 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.jamesoberg.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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- October 2 – Xiamen Airlines Flight 8301, a Boeing 737, is hijacked.^ United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked.
- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 154 people on board the Boeing 737 perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ I was boarding a Korean Airline flight for Seoul.- False Authority Syndrome - davidgagne.net 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.davidgagne.net [Source type: Original source]
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- December 3 – Northwest Airlines Flight 1482, a Douglas DC-9, collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299, a Boeing 727, when the crew of the Douglas aircraft mistakenly taxis onto the active runway at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.^ December 8 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a Boeing 737, slides off the runway during landing at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois in heavy snow.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Clip 2 is a slightly more advanced reconstruction involving the Northwest Airlines Flight 255 accident in Detroit Metropolitan County Airport.- National Transportation Safety Board 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC commdocs.house.gov [Source type: Original source]
^ Boeing aircraft and crew .- Boston University School of Theology 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Seven passengers and one crewmember out of the 54 on board Flight 1482 perish; all on board Flight 299 survive.
1991
.^ The aircraft had a bird strike shortly after take-off from Schiphol Airport.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ Los Angeles International Airport Nothing to see here.- Terrorist attacks reported as 'isolated incidents' 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.akdart.com [Source type: News]
^ December 8 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a Boeing 737, slides off the runway during landing at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois in heavy snow.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ I was boarding a Korean Airline flight for Seoul.- False Authority Syndrome - davidgagne.net 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.davidgagne.net [Source type: Original source]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Possible in-flight blast caused plane crash on land and sea ".- Demo 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC joomla.anezi.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The cause of the crash is not identified until the investigation into the crash of USAir Flight 427 in 1994; both crashes are eventually attributed to defects in a valve associated with the rudder.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The four crew and 64 passengers were all killed.
.^ A thrust reverser had accidentally deployed in flight, causing the disaster.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Sincerely Roberto Simonetti Spallotta, Italy Recent revelations with problems with the thrust reverser are worrying since it was the in-flight opening of thrust reverser on a 767 caused the crash of a Lauda Air 767 some time ago.- BBC News | Talking Point | EgyptAir Boeing 767 crash - Your Reaction 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Since no problems had been reported by the pilots during flight, and since the plane fell into the sea, investigation into the causes of the accident proved to be extremely difficult.
.^ The Boeing 767 crashed with 214 people on board and is the airline's first fatal crash.- BBC News | Talking Point | EgyptAir Boeing 767 crash - Your Reaction 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ This is the first crash of a Boeing 747.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The aircraft had a controlled flight into terrain about 22.5 miles (36 km) from the airport after apparently using an incorrect procedure for a missed approach.- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
.^ July – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, a Nationair DC-8-61 chartered by Nigeria Airways to transport Nigerian pilgrims to Mecca caught fire and crashed shortly after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, due to fire caused by tyre failure, killing all 261 on board, including 14 Canadian aircrew.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight from Tamanrasset to Ghardaia.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ July 15, 2009 11:01 AM .- The TSA Blog: What In the Heck Does That Person Do: TSA Bomb Appraisal Officer (BAO) 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.tsa.gov [Source type: Original source]
.^ All three crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 123 people on board die.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 217 passengers and crew members on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Maintenance crews traded work shifts during repairs to the horizontal stabilizer, inadvertently leaving 47 bolts missing.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Reformers pointed to this error and called for development of a "safety culture".- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ December 27 – Both engines of SAS Flight 751, an MD-81, fail shortly after takeoff from Stockholm, Sweden.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Engineering a safety culture .- Air Transportation Safety Resources Chapter 3 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: Academic]
The pilots successfully make an emergency landing in a nearby field, injuring 25 passengers but incurring not a single fatality.
1992
- January 3 – CommutAir Flight 4821, a Beechcraft 1900, crashes while landing at Adirondack Regional Airport in Franklin County, New York.^ New York: Franklin Watts, 1976.
- Air Transportation Safety Resources Chapter 3 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: Academic]
^ The airport of New York shock by bomb.- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ "The plane crashed while trying to land at the airport."- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
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- January 20 - Air Inter Flight 148, an Airbus A320, crashes in the Vosges Mountains on approach to Strasbourg, France, killing 87 of 96 people on board.
- March 22 – USAir Flight 405, a Fokker F-28, crashes on takeoff from New York because of ice buildup.^ Air France , Airbus A330-200 , crash .
^ All passengers and crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Twenty-seven of 34 aboard were killed.
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- July 30 – TWA Flight 843 aborts takeoff at John F. Kennedy International Airport.^ July 30 – TWA Flight 843 aborts takeoff at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The then-president of Cleveland, Ohio's renowned Cleveland Clinic is among the survivors.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ It was a reaction to TWA Flight 800, which exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all 230 on board.- The Transportation Security Administration 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.akdart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The Lockheed L-1011 turns off the runway onto grass in order to avoid striking a concrete barrier.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The plane crashed after trying to take off from the wrong runway at Blue Grass Airport ( pictures ).- CulturAiles-Human Factors-Some Basics 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.culturailes.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ We were hauling those ugly concrete slabs that are erected all over Baghdad and Iraq as barriers, and came to an off loading point.
.
- July 31 – Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashed on approach into Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all 14 crew and 99 passengers on board.
- September 28 – Pakistan International Airlines Flight 268, an Airbus A300, crashes near Kathmandu, Nepal, killing all 12 crew and 155 passengers.
- October 4 – El Al Flight 1862, a Boeing 747 freighter, crashes into high-rise apartment buildings in Amsterdam after two of its engines detach from the wing.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ No passengers were on board.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
.^ All three crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Forty-four people were killed.
^ Three people are killed on the ground.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.
- November 15 – An Aerocaribbean Ilyushin Il-18 en route from Santo Domingo International Airport to Gregorio Luperón International Airport, crashes into the side of Mount Isabel de Torres, in Puerto Plata province -Dominican Republic- while flying in IFR conditions on approach.^ This is also known as the Mount Erebus disaster.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The incident became known as the Lockerbie air disaster.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The incident became known as the Kegworth air disaster.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
All 34 aboard perish.
- December 21 – Martinair Flight 495 crashes in Faro, Portugal, killing 54 people and injuring 106.
1993
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ April 28 – Aloha Airlines Flight 243, a Boeing 737, suffers explosive decompression during flight but manages to land safely.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ And then from there, he saw that plane go down.- CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Air France Concorde Jet Crashes Near Paris; All 109 Aboard Dead - July 25, 2000 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www-cgi.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ EVERY approach is a candidate for a go-around.- The Flyer - June, 2005 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.wvfc.org [Source type: General]
^ He said he believed the plane was going down.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ Finally, the line went dead moments before American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon."- Killtown's: 9/11 coincidences and oddities page! - 9/11 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thewebfairy.com [Source type: News]
^ In 1983, no 747 jet had previously been destroyed by a mid-air explosion and an out-of-control crash into the sea.- KAL 007 The Questions Remain Unanswered, by Robert W. Lee 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.reformed-theology.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Never stop flying the airplane, not until you are dead and can't fly it anymore; fly it into and through the crash, as long as you have any control.
All 374 aboard escape serious injury, but the hull is written off as a total loss.
1994
.^ Aeroflot Airbus A310-304 .
^ March 23 – Aeroflot Flight 593, an Airbus A310, crashes into a wooded hillside in Siberia.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ December 23 – Braathens Flight 239 crashes in Asker upon landing at Fornebu airport, Oslo, Norway, killing 40 of 45 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The four crew and 64 passengers were all killed.
^ April 6 – Capital Airlines Flight 67, a Vickers Aircraft 745D Viscount, crashes at Tri-City Airport (now MBS International Airport) near Freeland, Michigan, killing all 47 passengers and crew.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Clip 4 shows a simulation involving USAir Flight 1994, attempting to land at Charlotte-Douglas.- National Transportation Safety Board 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC commdocs.house.gov [Source type: Original source]
^ He has also sold airplanes for McDonnell Douglas.- AIRPLANES 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC tmcdermott.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ July 2 – USAir Flight 1016, a DC-9, crashes while attempting to land at Charlotte, North Carolina during a thunderstorm.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 34 people aboard were killed.
.^ After he said that, A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1!- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ Investigations showed that a fault in the Boeing 737 rudder was to blame for the crash.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Design fault blamed for TWA crash .- Accident Investigation - Education Resource - StudySphere 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.studysphere.com [Source type: News]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ December 24 – Air France Flight 8969, an Airbus A300, is hijacked on the tarmac at Algiers, Algeria by the militant group GIA. After a two-day standoff, the plane is allowed to fly to Marseille, France, where it is stormed by French commandos who kill the hijackers.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ An emergency landing was made and the aircraft evacuated.- Aviation Forums - Airspace from Flightglobal 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flightglobal.com [Source type: Original source]
^ Despite subsequent difficulties in controlling the aircraft, the crew succeeds in making an emergency landing at Naha, Okinawa.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ December 24 – Air France Flight 8969, an Airbus A300, is hijacked on the tarmac at Algiers, Algeria by the militant group GIA. After a two-day standoff, the plane is allowed to fly to Marseille, France, where it is stormed by French commandos who kill the hijackers.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ December 8 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a Boeing 737, slides off the runway during landing at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois in heavy snow.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Five of the seven crew and 52 of the 69 passengers are killed.
1995
.^ I retired from the United States Air Force August 31,1968 .- BEGINNINGS 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC stayfamily.org [Source type: General]
^ August 10 – A Copterline Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashes off Tallinn, Estonia killing all 14 on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
Of the 144 people on board, 141 are killed.
December 20 – American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashes into a mountain while approaching Santiago de Cali, Colombia; of the 164 people on board, only 4 people and a dog survive.
1996
.^ It crashes into the ocean near Ireland, killing all 329 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ All 70 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 117 people on board perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ August 10 – A Copterline Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashes off Tallinn, Estonia killing all 14 on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ It was a reaction to TWA Flight 800, which exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all 230 on board.- The Transportation Security Administration 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.akdart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ It was a reaction to TWA Flight 800, which exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all 230 on board.- The Transportation Security Administration 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.akdart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 312 on board the Boeing 747 and all 37 on board the Ilyushin Il-76 die.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ November 27 – Avianca Flight 203, a Boeing 727, explodes in mid-air over Colombia, killing all 107 people on board and three people on the ground.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ It would have run out of fuel.''
^ The aircraft runs out of fuel, and the pilot attempts to ditch the aircraft in the ocean off Moroni, Comoros.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The aircraft's cross-feed fuel valve leaked fuel into the cockpit and an intense fire broke out.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
Of the 175 people on board, 123 are killed.
1997
.^ Comair Flight 3272 - The Enquirer - January 10, 1997 .- Accident Investigation - Education Resource - StudySphere 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.studysphere.com [Source type: News]
^ January 9 – Comair Flight 3272, an Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia, crashes near Ida, Michigan during a snowstorm.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a DC-10, crashes in the Ermenonville forest near Senlis, France after the rear underfloor cargo door opens during flight; all 346 on board die.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, overshoots the runway and crashes while landing at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Passengers at Brasília International Airport inquiring about delayed flights.- Boston University School of Theology 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC sthweb.bu.edu [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ April 7 - FedEx Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, encounters an attempted hijacking by a FedEx employee.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ After he said that, A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1!- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All nine crew members and 136 passengers were killed.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
All passengers and crew survive.
December 19 – SilkAir Flight 185, a Boeing 737, crashes abruptly into the Musi River near Palembang, Indonesia, killing all 102 people on board.
1998
.^ February 2 – Cebu Pacific Air Flight 387, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, crashes into a mountain near Pagalungan in the Philippines.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ May 2 – ALM Flight 980, a Douglas DC-9 operated by Overseas National Airways, ditches near St. Croix, Virgin Islands, killing 23 including 2 infants and 1 crew member; 40 including 4 crew members survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ September 23 – Gulf Air Flight 771, a Boeing 737, crashes near Mina Jebel Ali in the United Arab Emirates after a bomb planted by the Abu Nidal Organization detonates on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The plane was flying an unfamiliar route not well documented in maps following an unscheduled stop in Leyte to drop off two mechanics.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ It can be shown that two of the birds alleged to be involved in the incident are actually alive and well and still flying in and out of Dallas O'Hare.- Michael Tomasky: "Aviofascism" | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.guardian.co.uk [Source type: News]
^ Two of the four planes used in the 9/11 attacks took off from Logan.- FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right: The Odds of Airborne Terror 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.fivethirtyeight.com [Source type: Original source]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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.^ April 26 – China Airlines Flight 140, an Airbus A300, crashes while landing at Nagoya, Japan due to pilot error.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ February 16 – China Airlines Flight 676, an Airbus A300, crashes into a residential area while attempting to land in Taipei, Taiwan.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ November 2001; American Airlines A300B4-605R N14053, serial number 420, American flight 587; Queens, New York: The aircraft was on a flight from New York to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic when it crashed into a residential neighborhood just outside JFK airport, the Rockaways.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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.^ March 22 – Philippine Airlines Flight 137, an Airbus A320, overshoots the end of the runway while landing at Bacolod City in the Philippines, plowing through several houses.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ November 6 – Luxair Flight 9642, a Fokker 50, crashes short of the runway while landing near Niederanven, Luxembourg in foggy conditions.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ December 25 – Union des Transports Aériens de Guinée Flight 141, a Boeing 727, overshoots the runway upon landing at Cotonou, Benin and crashes onto the beach on the Bight of Benin, killing 151 of the 163 occupants.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ This time, it was a passenger on a United Airlines flight who was stung.- Cabin Crew News: January 2007 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC cabincrewblog.com [Source type: News]
.^ Why the Air France plane crashed .- Air Travel - Salon.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.salon.com [Source type: News]
^ Some joker has added "Air France" to the list of beaches on the map of the island from the archipelago's own website.- French plane lost over Atlantic | MetaFilter 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.metafilter.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Owned by EADS, this old German fighter plane had a bit of a boo boo on landing during the Berlin Air Show this week.
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 117 people on board perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
[1]
.^ December 11 – Thai Airways Flight 261, an Airbus A310, crashes during poor weather near Surat Thani, Thailand.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The Airbus A-310 was on an internal flight from Bangkok to the Southern town of Surat Thani on 11 December, when it crashed in heavy rain and strong Read More Go to Site .- Accident Investigation - Education Resource - StudySphere 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.studysphere.com [Source type: News]
^ March 3 – Turkish Airlines Flight 981, a DC-10, crashes in the Ermenonville forest near Senlis, France after the rear underfloor cargo door opens during flight; all 346 on board die.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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1999
- June 1 – American Airlines Flight 1420, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, skids off the runway on landing at Little Rock, Arkansas during strong winds; eleven of 145 on board die.
- July 24 – All Nippon Airways Flight 61, a Boeing 747, is hijacked by a passenger, Yuji Nishizawa, wielding a knife; after fatally stabbing the captain, he is overpowered by the crew; the first officer lands the plane safely at Haneda, Japan.
- August 22 – China Airlines Flight 642, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, crashes on landing at Hong Kong International Airport during Typhoon Sam; of the 315 people on board, three die.
- August 31 – LAPA Flight 3142, a Boeing 737, overshoots the runway in Buenos Aires, Argentina and crashes into a golf course; of the 103 people on board, 64 are killed as well as ten on the ground.
- September 14 – Britannia Airways Flight 226A, a Boeing 757, veers off the runway at Girona, Catalonia (Spain) while landing in a thunderstorm and comes to rest in a field, broken apart in two places; 43 on board are injured, two seriously, but a passenger initially diagnosed as "lightly injured" dies five days later of unsuspected internal injuries.
- September 23 – Qantas Flight 1, a Boeing 747, overshoots the runway upon landing in Bangkok, Thailand; none of the 410 people on board is seriously injured.
- October 31 – EgyptAir Flight 990, a Boeing 767 bound for Cairo, Egypt, crashes into the Atlantic Ocean off Nantucket, Massachusetts, killing all 217 passengers and crew; cause is disputed: a deliberate suicide/homicide act by the relief first officer according to the NTSB, vs. a Boeing mechanical flaw according to Egyptian aviation authorities.
- November 9 – TAESA Flight 725, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, crashes near Uruapan, Mexico killing all 18 on board.
- December 24 – Indian Airlines Flight 814, an Airbus A300, is hijacked en route to Delhi, India; one hostage is killed.
2000
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The crash that sparked the Alaska FAA audit was Flight 261, which plunged into the ocean Jan.
^ Worse, I knew people on Flight 261.
^ Only ten people survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ September 3 – Vietnam Airlines Flight 815, a Tupolev Tu-134, crashes on approach to Phnom Penh International Airport in heavy rain, killing 65 of the 66 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ "There were no deaths or injuries but the aircraft was seriously damaged.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ There were 37 injuries among the passengers and crew, and no fatalities.- signalcharlie - Runway Safety 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.signalcharlie.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- signalcharlie - Runway Safety 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.signalcharlie.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ July 12 - Hapag-Lloyd Airlines Flight 3378, an Airbus A310, landed 500 meters short of the runway in Vienna after running out of fuel in flight.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ And apparently, according to the Interior Ministry in France, that, indeed, there were no survivors on the ground there in that Air France Concorde crash.- CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Air France Concorde Jet Crashes Near Paris; All 109 Aboard Dead - July 25, 2000 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www-cgi.cnn.com [Source type: Original source]
^ There are 153 fatalities, including eight people on the ground.- Air Travel - Salon.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC images.salon.com [Source type: News]
All 143 passengers and eight crew members are killed.
October 31 – Singapore Airlines Flight 006, a Boeing 747-400, strikes construction equipment after using a closed runway for takeoff in Taipei, Taiwan and crashes, killing 83 out of 179 people on board.
2001
- January 31 – Japan Airlines Flight 907 and Japan Airlines Flight 958 narrowly avoid colliding near Yaizu, Japan.
- March 29 – An Avjet charter flight, a Gulfstream III jet with 15 passengers and 3 crew, crashes on approach into Aspen, CO, killing all on board
- July 4 – Vladivostok Air Flight 352, a Tupolev Tu-154 enters a flat spin on approach to Irkutsk Airport in Irkutsk, Russia, crashes down onto its belly and bursts into flames in a wooded area killing all 145 aboard.
- August 24 – Air Transat Flight 236 runs out of fuel over the Atlantic Ocean and makes an emergency landing in the Azores.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Upon landing some of the tires blow out, causing a fire that is extinguished by emergency personnel on the ground.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Rather, American military personnel causing friendly fire incidents are subject to the United States Code of Military Justice.- Gonzaga Journal of International Law - Friendly Fire During The War On Terror: The Law, Procedure, And Likelihood Of Recovery Based On ... 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.gonzagajil.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "After we all piled out we started to run up to a hill towards an emergency building that houses fire trucks."- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
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- September 11 – September 11, 2001 attacks
- American Airlines Flight 11, a 767-200ER with 92 people on board, is hijacked after taking off from Boston, and is flown into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City; all on board are killed as well as others on the ground and in the building.
- United Airlines Flight 175, a Boeing 767-200ER with 65 people on board, is hijacked after taking off from Boston and is flown into the south tower of the World Trade Center in New York City; all on board are killed as well as others on the ground and in the building; the collapse of both towers brings the total death toll from the two crashes to at least 2,759.
- American Airlines Flight 77, a Boeing 757-200 with 64 people on board, is hijacked after taking off from Dulles International Airport and is flown into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia; all on board are killed as well as 125 people in the building and on the ground.
- United Airlines Flight 93, a Boeing 757-200 with 44 people on board, is hijacked after taking off from Newark, New Jersey; passengers struggle with the hijackers, and the aircraft crashes in a field near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, killing all on board.
- October 4 – Siberia Airlines Flight 1812, a Tupolev Tu-154, is shot down by a Ukrainian missile over the Black Sea.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.
- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ The FAA informed NORAD of American Airlines Flight 11 striking the World Trade Center.- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Finally, the line went dead moments before American Airlines Flight 77 crashed into the Pentagon."- Killtown's: 9/11 coincidences and oddities page! - 9/11 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thewebfairy.com [Source type: News]
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- October 8 – SAS Flight 686, a MD-87, crashes into a Cessna business jet on takeoff from Milan, Italy.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ There were 12 flight crew members: 3 pilots and 9 flight attendants.
.^ The MD-87 then swerves into a baggage handling building and catches fire.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Airbus A300-600R Boeing 737-800 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-200ER Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 777-200ER McDonnell Douglas MD-80 .
^ In older buildings, asbestos was usually sprayed on the pipes and girders to delay the burning process in case the building catches fire; delay it just enough for people to evacuate.- In Memoriam: 9.13.01 List Archive 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC wwwac.org [Source type: General]
.^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 117 people on board perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- November 12 – American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashes into a Queens neighborhood in New York City when the plane's vertical tail fin snaps just after takeoff.^ Four people on the ground are also killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The tail of a plane pushes down in flight.- Page 7 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC whitts.alioth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ A third plane had been purposely crashed into a symbol of American power.- BOMBING OF THE WORLD TRADE CENTER 9-11-2001 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.greatdreams.com [Source type: News]
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- November 24 – Crossair Flight 3597, an Avro RJ100, crashes near Bassersdorf, Switzerland, while attempting to land in Zürich.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- December 22 – On board American Airlines Flight 63, a Boeing 767, a passenger, Richard Reid, attempts to detonate explosives hidden in his shoe, but fails and is subdued by two flight attendants and passengers.^ Clockwise from top: shoe worn by Richard C. Reid aboard American Airlines flight 63; Richard C. Reid; FBI test-blast of comparable explosive charge.
- Terrorism 2000/2001 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.fbi.gov [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Passengers also came to the aide of a flight attendant to successfully subdue shoe bomber Richard Reid on American Airlines Flight 63 in December 2001.
^ There were 12 flight crew members: 3 pilots and 9 flight attendants.
The plane lands safely in Boston
2002
.^ March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, overshoots the runway and crashes while landing at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ This is the pilot for the Lion Air flight in Solo.- Marek Bialoglowy's Blog: Fear Factor: Flying with Adam Air 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC bialoglowy.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ January 14 – Lion Air Flight JT-386, a Boeing 737, crashes while attempting to take off from Riau, Indonesia.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
A flight attendant is the only casualty; 59 passengers and crew survive.
January 28 – TAME Flight 120, a Boeing 727, crashes into a volcano on approach to Tulcán, Ecuador in low-visibility conditions; all 94 on board are killed.
April 15 – Air China Flight 129, a Boeing 767-200ER, crashes into a hill during a landing attempt at Busan, South Korea in misty conditions; of the 155 passengers and 11 crew, 38 survive.
May 4 - EAS Airlines Flight 4226, a BAC 1-11 500 series, crashes into the Gwammaja neighborhood at Kano, Nigeria shortly after takeoff; the ensuing crash resulted in the deaths of 75 passengers and at least 73 civilians on the ground.
May 7 – EgyptAir Flight 843, a Boeing 737-566, crashes near Tunis, Tunisia, while landing in rough weather; of the 62 people on board, 14 perish.
May 7 – China Northern Airlines Flight 6136, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes near Dalian, China, after a passenger sets fire to the cabin with gasoline; all 103 passengers and 9 crew are killed.
May 25 – China Airlines Flight 611, a Boeing 747-200B, disintegrates above the Taiwan Strait, apparently because of metal fatigue; all 206 passengers and 19 crew members are killed.
July 1 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 with 57 passengers and 14 crew members on board, collides with DHL Flight 611, a Boeing 757 cargo plane with 2 pilots on board near Lake Constance, Germany; all people on both planes perish.
July 1 – America West Airlines Flight 556, an Airbus A319, is ordered back to the terminal at Miami, Florida before take-off after security screeners report that the pilots appear intoxicated; the pilots are eventually given prison sentences.
November 6 – Luxair Flight 9642, a Fokker 50, crashes short of the runway while landing near Niederanven, Luxembourg in foggy conditions; of the 19 passengers and three crew on board, only two survive.
2003
.^ All passengers and crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ This is the pilot for the Lion Air flight in Solo.- Marek Bialoglowy's Blog: Fear Factor: Flying with Adam Air 10 September 2009 16:016 UTC bialoglowy.blogspot.com [Source type: General]
^ All 75 passengers and crew are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, overshoots the runway and crashes while landing at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ After he said that, A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1!- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ Aug 2004 - Air Guinee 737-200 crash after take-off.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
.^ "The plane crashed while trying to land at the airport."- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ The pair flew to Boston and boarded another plane that crashed into the World Trade Center.- Killtown's: 9/11 coincidences and oddities page! - 9/11 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thewebfairy.com [Source type: News]
^ Berruth, the only occupant of the plane, died after crashing into a field near Granum, about 150 kilometres south of Calgary.- FlyingNews.com – News and Information about the flying community. > Home > 2008 Archive 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flyingnews.com [Source type: General]
.^ All 117 people on board perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ The plane lands safely in Boston.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All people on both planes perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
This is the first safe
landing of an airliner without control surfaces.
December 18 - FedEx Express Flight 647, a McDonnell Douglas MD-10-10, veers off the runway upon landing after a landing gear collapse and catches fire at Memphis International Airport; two crew members and five passengers escape with only minor injuries.
December 25 – Union des Transports Aériens de Guinée Flight 141, a Boeing 727, runs off the end of the runway upon takeoff at Cotonou, Benin and crashes onto the beach on the Bight of Benin, killing 151 of the 163 occupants.
2004
- January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 604, a Boeing 737-300, crashes into the Red Sea, killing all 135 passengers and 13 crew members.
- May 9 – American Eagle Flight 5401 is damaged by high winds during landing in San Juan, Puerto Rico, injuring 13 people.
- August 13 – Air Tahoma Flight 185, a Convair 580, crashes near Covington, Kentucky while descending to land, killing the first officer.
- August 24 – Russian aircraft bombings of August 2004:
- October 19 – Corporate Airlines Flight 5966, a Handley Page Jetstream, crashes near Kirksville, Missouri in the United States; 13 of the 15 people on board die.
- November 21 – China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210, a Bombardier CRJ-200LR, stalls and crashes near Baotou, China shortly after takeoff because of frost contamination; all 53 on board and two people on the ground are killed.
- November 30 – Lion Air Flight 538, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crash-lands in Solo City, Indonesia, killing 25 of the 154 people on board.
2005
- February 3 – Kam Air Flight 904, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in a snowstorm in Afghanistan.^ The burnt-out wreckage of Flight 358 at Toronto Pearson International AirportFebruary 3 – Kam Air Flight 904, a Boeing 737, crashes in a snowstorm in Afghanistan.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Feb 2005 - Flight recorder of Kam Air Boeing 737 found in Afghanistan .- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ Kam Air 737-200 Crash, Kabul, 3 Feb 2005 .- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
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- February 20 - British Airways Flight 268, a Boeing 747-400 taking off from Los Angeles to London suffers fire in engine 2. The plane flies on three engines to Manchester, where it performs an emergency landing.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- May 3 – Airwork Flight 23, a Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner crashes in Taranaki, New Zealand killing both crew members.
- June 9 – US Airways Flight 1170 and Aer Lingus Flight 132 almost collide on a runway at Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts.^ None of the 113 people on board are hurt.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- August 2 – Air France Flight 358, an Airbus A340-300, skids off a runway in Toronto, Ontario, while landing and catches fire; all 309 on board escape without fatalities or serious injuries, but the aircraft is completely destroyed by the fire.
- August 6 – Tuninter Flight 1153, an ATR 72, ditches into the ocean near Palermo, Sicily with 35 passengers and 4 crew members on board; 14 passengers and 2 crew members die.
- August 10 – Copterline Flight 103, a Sikorsky S-76 helicopter crashes off Tallinn, Estonia killing all 14 on board.
- August 14 – Helios Airways Flight 522, a Boeing 737-300, crashes near Kalamos, Greece with 115 passengers and 6 crew members on board; there are no survivors.
- August 16 – West Caribbean Airways Flight 708, an McDonnell Douglas MD-82, crashes in western Venezuela.^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.
- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ No passengers were on board.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
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- August 23 – TANS Peru Flight 204, a Boeing 737-200, crashes near Pucallpa, Peru.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
Forty of the 92 passengers on board, as well as four of the six crew members, perish.
- September 5 – Mandala Airlines Flight 091, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in Medan, Indonesia, killing 103 of the 111 passengers and all 5 crew members on the plane and an additional 47 people on the ground.
- September 21 – JetBlue Airways Flight 292, an Airbus A320, makes an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California in the United States because of landing gear steering failure.^ JetBlue Airways Flight 292 upon landing in Los Angeles September 21 – JetBlue Airways Flight 292, an Airbus A320, makes an emergency landing in Los Angeles, California in the United States.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ US Airways A320 Flight 1549 .- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ United Airlines begins landing all of its flights inside the United States.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- Stand Down - Was 9/11 Lack of Air Defense Deliberate? 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.the7thfire.com [Source type: News]
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- October 22 – Bellview Airlines Flight 210, a Boeing 737-200, crashes in central Nigeria, killing all 117 people on board.
- December 7 – A passenger disembarking American Airlines Flight 924, a Boeing 757, in Miami, Florida is shot and killed by an air marshal when the marshal believes that he hears the man say that he has a bomb.
- December 8 – Southwest Airlines Flight 1248, a Boeing 737-700, slides off the runway during landing at Chicago Midway International Airport in Chicago, Illinois in heavy snow.^ All 103 passengers and 9 crew members are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- December 10 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 with 110 people on board, crashes during landing in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.^ Four people on the ground are also killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 103 people on board, 64 are killed as well as ten on the ground.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ December 10 – Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145, a DC-9 with 110 people on board, crashes during landing in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
107 people die.
- December 19 – Chalk's Ocean Airways Flight 101, a Grumman Mallard, crashes off the coast of Miami Beach, Florida, killing all 20 on board.
2006
.^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ July 1 – Bashkirian Airlines Flight 2937, a Tupolev Tu-154 with 57 passengers and 14 crew members on board, collides with a DHL Boeing 757 cargo plane with 2 pilots on board near Lake Constance, Germany.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ August 27 – Comair Flight 5191, a CRJ-100, crashes during takeoff near Lexington, Kentucky, killing 49 of the 50 people on board.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ The plane lands in Brindisi, Italy.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
None of the 113 people on board are hurt.
October 10 – Atlantic Airways Flight 670, a BAe 146, slides off the runway at Stord, Norway, killing four of the 16 people on board.
October 29 – ADC Airlines Flight 53, a Boeing 737-200, crashes near Abuja, Nigeria, killing 96 of the 105 people on board.
2007
.^ February 21 – Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737, suffers structural damage while landing near Surabaya, Indonesia.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
The official cause of the crash is poor weather conditions, but other sources claim that the plane was shot down by a missile.
January 24 – Air West Flight 612, a Boeing 737 with 103 people on board, is hijacked over Sudan shortly after taking off from Khartoum, but lands safely in N'Djamena, Chad.
February 15 – An Air Mauritanie Boeing 737 is hijacked after taking off from Nouakchott, Mauritania, but lands safely in Las Palmas, Spain without any serious injuries among the 79 people on board.
February 21 – Adam Air Flight 172, a Boeing 737-300, suffers structural damage while landing near Surabaya, Indonesia; none of the 149 people on board are seriously injured.
March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737-400, overshoots the runway and crashes while landing at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.
March 17 – UTair Flight 471, a Tupolev Tu-134, suffers severe structural damage while landing in Samara, Russia, killing six of the 63 people on board.
March 23 – A TransAVIAexport Airlines Ilyushin Il-76 crashes in Mogadishu, Somalia killing all 11 on board; the plane, which crashes during the Battle of Mogadishu, is thought to have been shot down.
March 30 – A Sudan Airways flight with 284 people on board is hijacked but lands safely in Khartoum, Sudan.
May 5 – Kenya Airways Flight 507, a Boeing 737-800 with 114 people on board, crashes near Douala, Cameroon killing everyone on board.
June 3 – A Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 helicopter crashes in Lungi, Sierra Leone killing all 22 people on board.
June 21 – A Free Airlines Let-410UVP crashes shortly after takeoff from Kamina Town, Democratic Republic of Congo because of severe overloading, killing 1 and injuring 4 of the 21 people on board.
June 25 – PMTair Flight 241, an Antonov An-24, crashes in southwestern Cambodia killing all 22 on board.
June 28 – A TAAG Angola Airlines Boeing 737-200, D2-TBP, with 78 people on board, loses control while landing and crashes in M'banza-Kongo, Angola, killing at least six people on board and injuring an unknown number of others.
- July 17 – TAM Airlines Flight 3054, an Airbus A320, crashes at Congonhas-São Paulo Airport, Brazil killing all 187 people on board and 12 on the ground.
- August 9 – An Air Moorea de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes into the lagoon of the island of Moorea in French Polynesia just 11 seconds after take off, killing all 20 on board.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- August 20 – China Airlines Flight 120, a Boeing 737-800, bursts into flames after landing at Naha, Japan; none of the 165 passengers are seriously injured.
- Scandinavian Airlines 2007 Dash 8 landing gear incidents:
- September 9 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 1209, a de Havilland Canada Dash 8, experiences a landing gear failure in Aalborg, Denmark; none of the 73 people on board are seriously injured, but three days later, after a similar incident, the airline grounds the aircraft type.
- September 12 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2748, a de Havilland Canada Dash 8, experiences a landing gear failure in Vilnius, Lithuania; none of the 52 people on board are injured, but because of a similar incident three days earlier, all their Dash 8s are grounded.
- October 27 – Scandinavian Airlines Flight 2867, a de Havilland Canada Dash 8, experiences a landing gear failure in Copenhagen, Denmark; none of the 44 people on board are injured, but because of similar incidents in September, the airline "permanently" removes its Dash 8s from service; cause is eventually ascribed to maintenance error.
- September 16 – One-Two-GO Airlines Flight 269, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 carrying 130 people, crashes and bursts into flames after attempting to land in Phuket, Thailand during poor weather conditions killing 90 people.
- October 4 – An Africa One Antonov An-26 crashes into a residential area in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, shortly after taking off.^ DAY THREE - August 17, 1969 .
^ A passenger plane has crashed in Sudan shortly after take-off, killing more than 100 people.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
At least 50 people are killed, most of whom were on the ground.
- November 30 – Atlasjet Flight 4203, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83, crashes into a mountain near Isparta, Turkey killing all 57 on board.
- December 30 – TAROM Flight 3107, a Boeing 737-300 is written-off after hitting a maintenance car on the runway and veering off the runway during takeoff run at Henri Coandă International Airport, Otopeni, Romania; none of the 123 on board are injured.
2008
- January 4 – A Transaven Let L-410 Turbolet crashes near the Los Roques archipelago off Venezuela killing all 14 on board.
- January 17 – British Airways Flight 38, a Boeing 777-200ER, lands short of the runway at London Heathrow Airport in the United Kingdom.^ All 44 on board are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- February 8 – Eagle Airways Flight 2279, a BAe Jetstream 32 is hijacked ten minutes after taking off from Blenheim, New Zealand by a passenger who attacked both pilots.^ Two flight attendants were treated for minor injuries.
- KAL 007 The Questions Remain Unanswered, by Robert W. Lee 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.reformed-theology.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The plane is badly damaged and 13 people are treated for minor injuries, but there are no fatalities.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ He speculates that the hijackers were trying to throw off the attacking passengers.- 911Timeline.net - The Most Comprehensive Minute By Minute Timeline On 911 by Mark R. Elsis 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC 911timeline.net [Source type: News]
- 9/11 Stand Down 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.globalresearch.ca [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
- AT&T 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ra.bsis.bellsouth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ She reported that the pilot had announced that the flight had been hijacked, and she asked her husband what she should tell the captain to do.- Killtown's: 9/11 coincidences and oddities page! - 9/11 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC thewebfairy.com [Source type: News]
^ A federal report is faulting a corporate jet pilot for an incident in which a flight attendant broke her leg during a landing at Teterboro Airport.- FlyingNews.com – News and Information about the flying community. > Home > 2008 Archive 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.flyingnews.com [Source type: General]
^ Flog Is My Co-Pilot (Seattle Weekly)Boeing's involvement in terror-suspect flights may be bigger than previously ...
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- February 14 – Belavia Flight 1834, a Bombardier CRJ100, hits its left wing on the runway while taking off from Yerevan, Armenia.^ All on board survive.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 103 on board survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ It was a reaction to TWA Flight 800, which exploded shortly after takeoff, killing all 230 on board.- The Transportation Security Administration 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.akdart.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
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- February 21 – Santa Bárbara Airlines Flight 518, an ATR 42-300, crashes shortly after taking off from Mérida, Venezuela killing all 46 on board.
- April 3 – An Antonov An-28 operated by Blue Wing Airlines crashes near Benzdorp in Suriname.^ The aircraft had a bird strike shortly after take-off from Schiphol Airport.
- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff on a domestic flight from Tamanrasset to Ghardaia.- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- April 11 – A Sudanese airline Antonov An-32 crashes returning shortly after taking off from Chişinău International Airport, Moldova for Turkey.^ All 44 on board are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 115 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- April 15 – A Douglas DC-9 operated by Hewa Bora Airways crashes into a market near Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, killing 40 people, including three passengers.
- May 25 – A Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200F crashes at Brussels Airport and snaps in two, but without serious injury.
- May 30 – TACA Airlines Flight 390, an Airbus A320, overruns the runway at Toncontín International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, killing five (including two on ground).
- June 10 – Sudan Airways Flight 109, an Airbus A310, crashes at Khartoum International Airport and breaks apart, catching fire.^ There are 153 fatalities, including eight people on the ground.
- Air Travel - Salon.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC images.salon.com [Source type: News]
^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Four people on the ground are also killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- July 25 – Qantas Flight 30, a Boeing 747-438 en route from Hong Kong to Melbourne, performs an emergency descent and lands in Manila after a hull penetration results in rapid decompression.^ After he said that, A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1!
- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ A Boeing Flight (737-800) was emergency landing on July 1!- Airbus Crashes: Yemenia, Air France, and Airbus Safety Issues | NowPublic News Coverage 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.nowpublic.com [Source type: News]
^ July 30 – ANA Flight 58, a Boeing 727-200, collides with a JSDF F-86 fighter jet at Shizukuishi near Morioka, Japan, killing all 162 passengers and crew; the JSDF pilot parachutes to safety, and is later arrested by local police on suspicion of colliding with a civilian aircraft.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- August 20 – Spanair Flight 5022, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 crashes on takeoff at Barajas Airport in Madrid, Spain.^ All the flights crashed departed from JFK Airport!!!
- BBC News | Talking Point | EgyptAir Boeing 767 crash - Your Reaction 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC news.bbc.co.uk [Source type: Original source]
^ Boeing Douglas MD-82 .- AIRGUIDE ONLINE - Air Safety - Fatal Accidents 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.airguideonline.com [Source type: News]
^ Airbus A300-600R Boeing 737-800 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-200ER Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 777-200ER McDonnell Douglas MD-80 .
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- August 24 – Itek Air Flight 6895, a Boeing 737-200 crashes just after take-off from Manas Airport in capital Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.^ March 7 – Garuda Indonesia Flight 200, a Boeing 737, overshoots the runway and crashes while landing at Yogyakarta, Indonesia, killing 22 of the 140 people on board.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 170 people on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Of the 203 people on board, 128 are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- September 14 – Aeroflot Flight 821, a Boeing 737-500, crashes on approach to Perm Airport from Moscow.^ But it would also likely kill some of the passengers.
- In Memoriam: 9.13.01 List Archive 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC wwwac.org [Source type: General]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
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- October 7 – Qantas Flight 72 an Airbus A330-300 makes an emergency landing in Exmouth, Australia following a rapid descent that leaves over 70 people injured, 14 of them seriously.
- October 8 – Yeti Airlines Flight 103 De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes 60 NM from Mt Everest, Nepal killing 18 of 19 people on board.
- December 20 – Continental Airlines Flight 1404, a Boeing 737-500 with 115 people on board, veers off the runway upon takeoff from Denver International Airport, comes to rest in a ravine near the runway and catches fire.^ All 43 people on board, including the hijacker, are killed.
- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All 44 on board are killed.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ Takeoff and landings make 50%.- Page 7 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC whitts.alioth.net [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
There are no fatalities, over 38 people are injured, at least two of them seriously.
2009
- January 15 – US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320 ditches in the Hudson River just after taking off from LaGuardia Airport in New York City after engine failure due to multiple bird strikes, no fatalities.
- February 7 – A Manaus Aerotáxi Embraer EMB-110 Bandeirante crashes near Santo António, Brazil killing 24 of the 28 aboard.
- February 12 – Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 flying from Newark Liberty International in New Jersey to Buffalo Niagara International Airport in New York crashes into a house in Clarence, New York at 10:17 pm local time; all 49 aboard the plane are killed, with one fatality on the ground.
- February 25 – Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, a Boeing 737-800 flying from Atatürk Airport in Istanbul to Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam crashes in a field during final approach; of the 127 passengers and 7 crew on board, 9 are killed, 85 injured.
- March 20 – Emirates Airline Flight 407, an Airbus A340-500 flying from Melbourne Tullamarine Airport in Melbourne to Dubai International Airport in Dubai has a tailstrike during take off and returns to Melbourne Airport with no fatalities.
- March 23 – FedEx Express Flight 80, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11 flying from Guangzhou, China crashes at Tokyo Narita International Airport, Japan; both the captain and the co-pilot of the plane are killed.
- April 19 – CanJet Flight 918 is seized on the ground by an armed man who slipped through security checks at Sangster International Airport, Montego Bay, Jamaica; all passengers are released early on; six crew members are kept as hostages for several hours before being freed unharmed.
- June 1 – Air France Flight 447, an Airbus A330-200 flying from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, crashes in the Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 occupants, including 12 crew; bodies and aircraft debris are not recovered until several days later.
- June 30 – Yemenia Flight 626, an Airbus A310-300 flying from Sana'a, Yemen to Moroni, Comoros, crashes into the Indian Ocean with 153 people aboard; one 12-year-old is found clinging to the wreckage.
- July 13 – Southwest Airlines Flight 2294, a Boeing 737-300 from Nashville to Baltimore makes an emergency landing in Charleston, West Virginia after a 14x17 inch hole opens in the skin of the fuselage at 34,000 feet, causing a loss of cabin pressure; the plane lands safely with no injuries.
- July 15 – Caspian Airlines Flight 7908, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes 16 minutes after takeoff near Qazvin, Iran, killing all 153 passengers and 15 crew.
- July 24 – Aria Air Flight 1525, an Ilyushin Il-62 skids off a runway in Iran, killing at least 17 with 136 survivors.
- August 2 – Merpati Nusantara Airlines Flight 9760, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashes into a mountain in good weather over Indonesia, killing all 13 passengers and 3 crew.
- August 4 – Bangkok Airways Flight 266, an ATR 72-200 carrying 68 passengers crashes in severe weather on landing at Samui airport in the resort island of Ko Samui in Thailand, resulting in at least 1 confirmed death and 37 injuries.
- August 11 – Airlines PNG Flight 4684, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter carrying 11 passengers and 2 crew crashes into a mountain at Isurava, Papua New Guinea whilst attempting a go around at Kokoda Airport, Papua New Guinea; all passengers and crew perished in the accident.
- September 4 – Air India Flight 829, a Boeing 747-400 with 213 passengers and 16 crew, catches fire on push-back at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai; all are evacuated with 21 receiving minor injuries, the aircraft sustains substantial damage.
- September 9 – AeroMéxico Flight 576, a Boeing 737-800 with 104 passengers onboard, is hijacked whilst flying from Cancún to Mexico City; after landing at Mexico City International Airport, Mexican officials storm the plane and take 5 men into custody; there are no casualties.
- October 21 – Azza Transport Flight 2241, a Boeing 707-330C, crashes on take off from Sharjah International Airport, United Arab Emirates; all 6 crew members are killed.
- October 21 – Northwest Airlines Flight 188 overshoots its Minneapolis destination from San Diego by about 150 miles and lands safely over one hour late; pilots are apparently distracted on personal laptop computers.
- November 12 – RwandAir Flight 205, a Bombardier CRJ-100, crashes into a terminal shortly after an emergency landing at Kigali International Airport, Rwanda; of the 10 passengers and 5 crew, 1 passenger dies.
- December 22 – American Airlines Flight 331, a Boeing 737-800 from Miami International Airport overruns the runway at Norman Manley International Airport, Kingston, Jamaica; there are 40 injuries and no fatalities.
- December 25 – Northwest Airlines Flight 253, an Airbus A330-200 is attacked by a man using a small explosive device, causing only a small fire inside the plane, which is extinguished by a flight attendant; the man is subdued by passengers and crew; there are 3 injuries.
2010
.^ The aircraft had a bird strike shortly after take-off from Schiphol Airport.- 737 Accident News 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.b737.org.uk [Source type: News]
^ All 83 passengers and crew perish.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
^ All passengers and crew survive.- Commercial Airliners and Aircraft Mishaps Since 1922 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC www.aviationexplorer.com [Source type: General]
.^ Ethiopian airlines projecting 2.2 billion birr from Addis Ababa operations .- Archives for: February 2009 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC nazret.com [Source type: News]
^ Adkins worked for the State Department as a Foreign Service officer stationed in Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa.- Archives for: February 2009 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC nazret.com [Source type: News]
^ This area abuts the border with turbulent Somalia and is populated mainly by ethnic Somalis traditionally hostile to the government in Addis Ababa, the capital.- Archives for: February 2009 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC nazret.com [Source type: News]
All 90 people on-board perish.
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.^ Concerning Uniteds recent safety record compared with that of Qantas, see the annotation of Barlays book, The Final Call .- Air Transportation Safety Resources Chapter 3 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC home.earthlink.net [Source type: Academic]
^ Annual Covering global, national and regional civil aviation statistics, including: aircraft, pilots, safety, fleets, traffic and finance.- Sources of Information in Transportation - Air Transportation - General Air Transportation 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC ntl.bts.gov [Source type: Academic]
^ I have a pilot licence and also a commercial licence for helicopter but these crashes are even making me concerned about the safety of the aircraft.- Connect the World: Blog Archive - Airline Safety « - Blogs from CNN.com 25 January 2010 20:47 UTC connecttheworld.blogs.cnn.com [Source type: General]
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