Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Damage to the starter caused a fire in engine number two (located in the rear fuselage). High temperatures during the fire destroyed the tanks and pipes of all three hydraulic systems. The crew lost control of the aircraft. The out-of-control plane, at a speed of 275 knots, hit the ground at a dairy farm and burned.
He is the son of John Hull Dobbs Sr, and grandson of James K. Dobbs, who owned car dealerships and restaurant and airline catering businesses. [2] Dobbs graduated from the private Memphis University School in 1985. [2] He earned a bachelor's degree from Duke University, and an MBA from the University of North Carolina Kenan-Flagler Business ...
There was smoke and fire and debris," said Jerry Schemmel, 54, of Littleton, Colorado. Survivors struggled to get out of the wreckage, emerging into the cool green Iowa cornfield.
Services for Scallon will be held at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at the Iowa Falls-Alden High School gymnasium in Iowa Falls. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Saturday, also at the high school.
A "large-scale" search for the plane and passengers took place soon after the crash, and Dodds' remains were found on Oct. 8, 2007, in the Straits of Mackinac, east of the Mackinac Bridge.
N974Z, the aircraft involved, while still operating with its previous operator, Air West. Ozark Air Lines Flight 982 was a regularly scheduled flight on December 27, 1968, originating from Sioux Falls Regional Airport to O'Hare International Airport connecting through Sioux Gateway Airport that crashed shortly after takeoff. [1]
The fire started as the bus approached the 1,400-person town of Earlham, Iowa, about a third of the way into its 490-mile drive to Geneva, Illinois, where the game was being played. Earlham Fire & Rescue blamed a mechanical issue for sparking the fire, which rapidly spread from the engine to the passenger area, where many of the players were ...
Ozark Air Lines Flight 650 was a regularly scheduled flight on December 20, 1983 from Sioux Gateway Airport in Sioux City, Iowa, to Sioux Falls Regional Airport in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While landing in Sioux Falls, the aircraft struck a snow plow on the runway and burst into flames.