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Alfred Clair Haynes (August 31, 1931 – August 25, 2019) was an American airline pilot who flew for United Airlines for 35 years. In 1989 he came to international attention as the captain of United Airlines Flight 232, which crashed in Sioux City, Iowa, after suffering a total loss of controls. Having recovered and returned to service as a ...
The pilot is believed to lost spatial awareness and crashed into terrain. May 6, 1935 5 8 8 TWA Flight 6: near Atlanta: Missouri: Douglas DC-2: The aircraft crashed into terrain due to low visibility. February 23, 1934 8 0 0 1934 United Airlines Boeing 247 crash: Wasatch Mountains, 35 miles east of Salt Lake City: Utah: Boeing 247
Of the 296 people aboard, 112 died in the accident. Most were killed by injuries sustained during the multiple impacts, but 35 people in the middle fuselage section directly above the fuel tanks died from smoke inhalation in the post-crash fire. Of those, 24 had no traumatic blunt-force injuries.
The accident was the third airplane crash in the United States between 1975 and 1985 where more than 100 people were killed due to a microburst. These crashes likely helped to drive the need to ...
This was the last aviation accident on the Lady Lex before her retirement to a museum ship at Corpus Christi, Texas. [264] Killed in the crash were the pilot, Ensign Steven E. Pontell, 23, Columbia, Maryland, who was alone in the two-seat trainer; Lexington crewmen Petty Officer 3rd Class Burnett Kilgore Jr., 19, Holly Springs, Mississippi ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1989 (1 C, 20 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1989" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.
Ifeanyi, a teammate, and a friend all died in the fatal car crash. Mat George: 1995 2021 26 years American podcast host pedestrian Los Angeles He was killed in a hit-and-run crash. Vladimir Gerasimov: 1989 2018 28 years Russian footballer motorcycle Zhejiang, China [162] Melody Gersbach: 1985 2010 24 years Filipina beauty pageant contestant bus ...
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