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In St. Louis, live news reports about the hijacking prompted David J. Hanley, a 30-year-old businessman, to crash his 1972 Cadillac at 80 mph through two airport fences, travel down the runway at high speed, and crash into the nose gear of the plane, which was beginning to taxi. The demolished car lodged under the fuselage and one wing.
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1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash – banked to the left and crashed into Shannon River shortly after takeoff, killing all 83 people on board. Aer Lingus Flight 712 – Crashed into the sea off County Wexford in 1968, killing 61. Cause unknown. American Airlines Flight 293 (20 June 1979) - A Boeing 727 operated by American Airlines is
The deliberate crashes of American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 into the World Trade Center as part of the September 11 attacks in 2001 constitute, by a large margin, the deadliest aircraft disaster by number of victims on the ground, with a total of approximately 2,600 ground fatalities attributed to the two crashes and ...
American Airlines Flight 157 crashed during final approach to Love Field in Dallas, Texas, after the pilot lost control when an engine failed on November 29, 1949. Twenty-six passengers and two flight attendants died. [167] American Airlines Flight 910 collided with a privately owned Temco Swift on June 28, 1952, while on approach to Dallas ...
Get more news like this delivered to your inbox by signing up for our Travel newsletter here.. Passengers on a diverted American Airlines flight earlier this month found themselves stranded in a ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Twenty-eight of the 46 people aboard the American Airlines DC-6 passenger plane from New York City to Mexico City were killed after it crashed and burned at the north edge of Love Field in ...