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Wreckage of PSA 182 after the crash. PSA Flight 182 overtook the Cessna, which was directly below it, both roughly on a 090 (due east) heading. The collision occurred at about 2,600 feet (790 m). [1] According to several witnesses on the ground, first, they heard a loud metallic "crunching" sound, then an explosion, and a fire drew them to look up.
PSA Flight 182: San Diego: California: Boeing 727-200, Cessna 172: The Boeing 727 experienced a mid-air collision with a private aircraft during approach due to their failure to strictly adhere to air traffic control procedures, killing everyone aboard both aircraft as well as 7 on the ground. May 8, 1978 3 11 55 National Airlines Flight 193
American Airlines Flight 182, narrowly avoided a mid-air collision over Michigan on 26 November 1975; Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, crashed after colliding with a private plane over San Diego on 25 September 1978; Air India Flight 182, exploded by a terrorist bombing off the coast of Ireland on 23 June 1985
Harrowing audio from the air traffic control tower has been released from the moments just before and after American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a military helicopter above Washington, DC.
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Howell did not record the descent of the PSA-182 but panned toward the PSA fireball after the Cessna crashed. Some of this footage has appeared in several aviation documentaries on NBC/MSNBC and other media outlets over the years. There is purported - unintentional - footage recorded from some distance away of the final moments of PSA-182.
Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) was a low-cost US airline headquartered in San Diego, California, that operated from 1949 to 1988. It was the first substantial scheduled discount airline. PSA called itself "The World's Friendliest Airline" and painted a smile on the nose of its airplanes, the PSA Grinningbirds. [2]