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Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.. Those killed as part of a sporting, political, or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.
(United Airlines Flight 175, with close to 1000 total deaths, is excluded as the flight crashed not by accident but due to a terrorist attack.) [2] The accident became known as the Park Slope plane crash or the Miller Field crash [3] after the two crash sites. The accident was also the first hull loss and first fatal accident involving a ...
Lynyrd Skynyrd lead vocalist and founding member Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist and vocalist Steve Gaines, backing vocalist Cassie Gaines (Steve's older sister), assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick, Captain Walter McCreary, and First Officer William John Gray all died as a result of the crash, while twenty others survived. [5]
This category lists multi-engine passenger airline accidents involving loss of all engines in flight and subsequent gliding flight. Causes of these rare situations have included fuel exhaustion or starvation , multiple bird strikes , volcanic ash , extreme weather and hijacking .
1960 Danish football air crash; List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1960; E. Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372; M. 1960 Munich C-131 crash; N.
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON/Star-Telegram There have been 2,751 aircraft crashes with a fatality in Texas in more than ...
A Washington, D.C. attorney, who was one of 67 people aboard American Airlines Flight 5342 when it collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, died on her 33rd birthday.
The crew declared an emergency at 3:40 am while descending to 9,000 ft (2,743 m). In an effort to halt engine no. 2 rotation, the crew attempted to activate the firewall shutoff valve so the engine would be deprived of lubricant. As a result, the propeller separated from engine no. 2 and slashed a 15-inch (380 mm) hole in the plane's fuselage.