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[1] [8] All personnel on board the aircraft were killed, but nobody on the ground was killed or injured as a result of the accident. [8] A video of the accident was recorded by a nearby surveillance camera. [9] The accident investigation was within the jurisdiction of the active duty United States Air Force (USAF), which assembled an ...
The cause remains unclear; hypotheses include a bomb on board or an accidental shootdown by an anti-aircraft missile. Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 – The ATR-42 rolled to the right and left several times and then dived into a mountain, eventually crashed, killing all 37 people on board.
The cause of the accident was never determined, and no bodies were ever recovered. [9] Pan Am Flight 923 crashed into the side of Tamgas Mountain near Annette Island on October 26, 1947; 18 people died, [10] making it the deadliest crash in Alaska at the time. [11] Pan Am Flight 799 stalled after take-off and crashed due to an incorrect flap ...
The pilot of a General Dynamics F-16A Block 15J Fighting Falcon, 82-0909, c/n 61–0502, [228] ejects safely when his aircraft catches fire and crashes on take-off at Moody Air Force Base in south Georgia. Problems occurred during a routine practice flight.
Space shuttle Challenger exploded just over a minute after liftoff in 1986, killing all seven crewmembers, including schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe.
The Bombardier Challenger 600 series aircraft like the one flying from Ohio State University to Fort Launderdale when it crashed Friday along Interstate 75 near Naples, Florida, has been involved ...
Michael John Smith (April 30, 1945 – January 28, 1986), (Capt USN) was an American engineer and astronaut.He served as the pilot of the Space Shuttle Challenger when it was destroyed during the STS-51-L mission, breaking up 73 seconds into the flight, and at an altitude of 48,000 feet (14.6 km), [1] killing all seven crew members.
The trim system of the Bombardier Challenger 300 twin-engine jet was the subject of a Federal Aviation Administration last year mandate that pilots conduct extra safety checks before flights.