Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The cargo door was recovered by manned deep-sea submersible Sea Cliff. On September 26 and October 1, 1990, two halves of Flight 811's cargo door were recovered by the manned deep-sea submersible Sea Cliff from the Pacific Ocean from 14,100 feet (4,300 m) below the ocean surface. The cargo door had fractured lengthwise across the center.
Two on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in the United States, and the second-deadliest incident involving commercial aircraft in the United States, after the 9/11 attacks. December 28, 1978 10 24 179 United Airlines Flight 173: Portland: Oregon: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
A Chicago-bound Boeing 747 cargo plane bound for Chicago returned to the runway shortly after take-off when its landing gear failed to retract. Dramatic footage shows part of Chicago-bound plane's ...
An American Airlines regional jet went down in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C.'s Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport after colliding with a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter on ...
United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting explosive decompression blew out several rows of seats, killing 9 passengers. [82] Transair Flight 810 ditches off the coast of Oahu after a double engine failure. Both crew ...
The last fatal turbulence-related accident on Cirium's database involved a United Airlines Boeing 747 in 1997. ... he told Fox News that while there seems to be a strong correlation, more research ...
Lockerbie, United Kingdom Boeing 747: Terrorist bombing 259 + 11 on ground Terrorist bomb in the forward luggage hold 1989-02-24 United Airlines Flight 811: Hawaii, United States Boeing 747: Dirt on microswitch/short circuit 9 Cargo door opened (electrical fault), causing surrounding structure to fail leaving large hole; landed safely 1989-09-08