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He had 6,000 flight hours, including 440 hours on the Boeing 747. [9]: 6 [10] [11] [12] The first officer was 33-year-old Jamie Lee Brokaw, who had worked for the airline since 2009 and had 1,100 flight hours, with 209 of them on the Boeing 747. [9]: 10 The relief crew consisted of captain Jeremy Lipka, 37, and first officer Rinku Summan, 32.
The first officer was handling the takeoff under the captain's supervision, and since the noise occurred just after the landing gear had been retracted, at approximately 300 feet (90 m) above ground level, the first officer initially believed one of the tires had failed. [2]
After flying under minimal control for a further 32 minutes, it crashed in the area of Mount Takamagahara, 100 kilometres (62 mi; 54 nmi) from Tokyo. The aircraft, featuring a high-density seating configuration, was carrying 524 people. The crash killed all 15 crew members and 505 of the 509 passengers on board, leaving four survivors. An ...
Sikorsky S-42 NC824M Puerto Rican Clipper lost control and crashed on landing at Port of Spain and sank, killing three of 25 on board. [2] April 11, 1936 Sikorsky S-42 NC15374 Antilles Clipper crashed on takeoff from Port of Spain, killing three of 22 on board. On liftoff the pilot noticed a fishing boat in the aircraft's path and performed a ...
United Airlines Flight 811 was a regularly scheduled international flight from Los Angeles to Sydney, with intermediate stops at Honolulu and Auckland.On February 24, 1989, the Boeing 747-122 serving the flight experienced a cargo-door failure in flight shortly after leaving Honolulu.
The Atlas Boeing 747-8 is eight years old, according to the FAA and is powered by four General Electric GEnx engines. GE Aerospace said it is providing technical assistance to the FAA and the NTSB.
On July 17, 1996, at approximately 8:31 p.m. EDT, twelve minutes after takeoff, the Boeing 747-100 serving the flight exploded and crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, United States. [2]: 1 All 230 people on board died in the crash; it is the third-deadliest aviation accident in U.S. history.
Air India Flight 855 was a scheduled passenger flight from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to Dubai, United Arab Emirates.On 1 January 1978, the Boeing 747 operating the flight crashed into the Arabian Sea about 3 km (1.9 mi; 1.6 nmi) off the coast of Bandra, less than two minutes after take-off, killing all 213 passengers and crew on board.