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After the Air France crash in 2005, there were calls for the ravine to be filled or spanned by a bridge, but others argued that such an undertaking would have been prohibitively expensive. [38] The runway on which the Air France plane landed in August 2005, 24L-06R, is an east–west runway with a length of 2.7 kilometres (8,900 ft).
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
22 June 1962 - Air France Flight 117 crashes into a hill and explodes killing all 113 on board. 24 January 1966 - Air India Flight 101, a Boeing 707-437 operated by Air India hits Mont Blanc. All 106 passengers and 11 crew die. 3 June 1967 - A Douglas DC-4 operated by Air Ferry crashes into Mount Canigou after the crew becomes poisoned with ...
Mayday, known as Air Crash Investigation(s) outside of the United States and Canada and also known as Mayday: Air Disaster (The Weather Channel) or Air Disasters (Smithsonian Channel) in the United States, is a Canadian documentary television series produced by Cineflix that recounts air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and ...
Free Fall is a 1999 American-Canadian-German action film directed by Mario Azzopardi, based on a story by Mark Homer, and screenplay by Ken Wheat and Jim Wheat. The film stars Jaclyn Smith, Bruce Boxleitner, Scott Wentworth, Hannes Jaenicke and Hayden Christensen. The film documents an unusual series of crashes that involves sabotaged airliners ...
Colin Firth (Dr. Jim Swire) Firth is probably best known for his turn as Mr. Darcy in the BBC television adapatation of Pride and Prejudice. He later had memorable roles in Love Actually and the ...
[3] [4] [5] The accident left 55 children motherless [2] and became known in the British media as the Basle air crash. [6] Pilot Anthony Dorman became disoriented, misidentifying two radio beacons and missing another. [2] When co-pilot Ivor Terry took over, his final approach was based on the wrong beacon and the aircraft crashed into the ...
The final report on the accident was released on June 1, 2020. The report concluded that the failure of the main fuel line coupling assembly was "the failure of maintenance personnel to install the required safety lock wire." The NTSB also criticized the flight crew for initiating the emergency evacuation while the right engine was still running.