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Wingfoot Air Express crash. July 21 – The Goodyear dirigible Wingfoot Air Express caught fire and crashed into the Illinois Trust and Savings Building in Chicago, Illinois, while carrying passengers to a local amusement park, killing thirteen people: three out of the five on board and ten others on the ground, with 27 others on the ground being injured.
A collage of some of the deadliest aircraft disasters worldwide since 2001. This article lists the deadliest aircraft accidents and incidents involving commercial passenger and cargo flights, military passenger and cargo flights, or general aviation flights that have been involved in a ground or mid-air collision.
The aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff due to an excessive rate of turn on the part of the crew during the climb. January 19, 1988 9 7 8 Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286: Bayfield: Colorado: Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner: The aircraft crashed during approach due to descent below the approach profile during a rapid descent. December 7 ...
Crash site Cause/circumstances Aaliyah: United States 2001 Actress, singer, and model Cessna 402: Marsh Harbour, Abaco Islands, The Bahamas Maximum takeoff weight of airplane substantially exceeded, pilot under the influence of cocaine and alcohol. [1] Michael J. Adams: United States 1967 test pilot X-15 Flight 3-65-97: Randsburg, California ...
A Lockheed Martin F-35B military aircraft crashed off a runway near Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth on Thursday. The pilot ejected “successfully,” according to the company.
A Voepass plane crashed in Vinhedo, Brazil, on Friday. Video showed the aircraft plummeting to the ground. 61 killed after plane crashes in Brazil, officials say.
The crash killed all aboard 1921-08-23 1921 Humber crash UK: Hull: R38 (ZR-2) Weather combined with weakened hull 44 Deformation followed by fire & explosion 1925-09-03 Crash of the USS Shenandoah: Caldwell, Ohio, United States USS Shenandoah (ZR-1) Severe weather 14 Torn apart by turbulence 1930-07-23 Meopham air disaster: Meopham, Kent ...
It is the second-deadliest aviation accident to have occurred in the United States of America, behind the crash of American Airlines Flight 191 in 1979, [a] [1] and the second-deadliest aviation incident involving an Airbus A300, after Iran Air Flight 655. [1] [3]