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In addition to the pilot, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and The Big Bopper were killed. The song "American Pie" refers to the incident. February 3, 1959 65 8 8 American Airlines Flight 320: New York City: New York: Lockheed L-188A Electra: The aircraft descended below glideslope during approach in poor weather and crashed short of the ...
Egyptian swimmer who was killed in a plane crash while serving with the Egyptian Air Force when his Spitfire collided in mid-air with another Spitfire over Port Said. Paris Kanellakis: Greece 1995 Computer scientist, professor American Airlines Flight 965: Buga, Colombia Navigational errors by flight crew William Kapell: United States 1953
The two pilots, three cabin crew members, and 83 passengers on board were killed, and the aircraft was destroyed. [24] American Airlines Flight 28 collided with a US Army Air Corps B-34 bomber over Chino Canyon on October 23, 1942, after the army pilot's reckless flying severed the airliner's tail. All 12 on board Flight 28 were killed; both ...
List of aircraft accidents and incidents resulting in 50 or more fatalities. Initial sort order is by total fatalities (descending) and then by date (most recent to most distant). Deaths T Incident [a] Aircraft Location Phase Airport Distance Date Tot C P G N; est. 1,700 [b] 11 81 est. 1,600 † INH American Airlines Flight 11: Boeing 767-223ER
William R. Badger was killed when his aircraft's wings collapsed while in a dive and pilot St. Croix Johnstone was killed when his aircraft experienced engine failure and crashed into Lake Michigan. [382] 23 May – Strassberg, Germany – Aviator Laemmlin was killed when he fell from a height of 200 feet during an aeroplane competition. [383]
The accident was the deadliest single-aircraft accident in United States history to date, and would remain so until the 1979 crash of American Airlines Flight 191. The victims included American Basketball Association player Wendell Ladner, a member of the 1974 champion New York Nets, [4] and Iveson B. Noland, bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of ...
A plane crashed in Cumberland County Sunday morning, reportedly leaving three people injured. ... Gray’s Creek Fire Department responded to the crash scene at 7154 Butler Nursery Road, ABC11 ...
American Airlines Flight 191 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Los Angeles International Airport.On the afternoon of May 25, 1979, the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control.