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Texas International Airlines Flight 655, registration N94230, was a Convair 600 turboprop aircraft en route from El Dorado to Texarkana, Arkansas, crashing into Black Fork Mountain, Arkansas, on the night of September 27, 1973. The eight passengers and three crewmembers on board were killed. [1] [2]
On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route (registration N651AA [1]) crashed into a mountain in Buga, Colombia, around 9:40 pm killing 151 of the 155 passengers and all eight crew members. [2] [3] The crash was the first U.S.-owned 757 accident and is currently the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia.
At an altitude of 875 m (2,871 ft), the Black Mountain (La Montagne Noire) is the highest point of the region of Saint-Donat. While the exact cause of the accident is still unknown, it was later discovered that its height was not correctly reported on contemporary navigation maps.
[20] [21] The crash site was discovered on 13 January at about the 5,000-foot (1,500 m) level of Cajon Mountain. 13 January Former Navy pilot, now a test pilot for Douglas Aircraft Company , James B. Verdin , 36, is killed this date when he bails out of A4D Skyhawk , BuNo 137815, at 30,000 feet (9,100 m) during a test flight near Victorville ...
The site is about 300 feet (91 m) below the crest of the ridge. The steep terrain was sparsely forested with Ponderosa pines averaging 40 feet (12 m) to 60 feet (18 m) tall. Numerous boulders and rock outcrops surrounded by grassy areas covered the ground. [90] The crash site is on Volcanic Ridge, part of the Ritter Range. Volcanic Ridge is ...
Fort Campbell is honoring the "Dustoff Nine", the nine soldiers who died last year in a Black Hawk helicopter crash, with a monument.
Jennifer L. Homendy, chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2023, about the fatal five-vehicle crash a day earlier on I-70 in Etna, Licking County, that ...
Watch: Moment South Korea plane skids along runway before fiery crash. Monday 30 December 2024 05:30, Alisha Rahaman Sarkar. A Jeju Air passenger plane carrying 181 people skidded down the runway ...