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Flight tracking enables travellers as well as those picking up travellers after a flight to know whether a flight has landed or is on schedule, for example to determine whether it is time to go to the airport. Aircraft carry ADS-B transponders, which transmit information such as the aircraft ID, GPS position, and altitude as radio signals.
United Airlines Flight 173, a DC-8-61 (N8082U), crashed near Portland, Oregon due to fuel exhaustion after the crew became preoccupied with a landing gear problem, killing 10 of 189 on board. [1] Swissair Flight 316 burning 8 October 1979 Swissair Flight 316 overran the runway on landing at Ellinikon Airport due to crew error, killing 14 of 154 ...
Airborne Express Flight 827 was a functional evaluation flight (FEF) of an Airborne Express Douglas DC-8-63F (registration N827AX) that had undergone a major modification. On December 22, 1996, during the test flight, the aircraft stalled and crashed, killing all six people on board.
United Airlines Flight 175: N613TV Eurocopter AS-350: 2007 Phoenix news helicopter collision: N620E Cessna 620: Cessna 620: N626TX Douglas DC-9-14: Continental Airlines Flight 1713: N632RW Embraer 170: United Airlines Flight 3411: N632SW Boeing 737-3HR: Southwest Airlines Flight 812: N644AA Boeing 757-223: American Airlines Flight 77: N651AA ...
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
China Airlines Flight 120 – A bolt that had come loose from the slat track managed to puncture the fuel tank, causing a fire after normal landing. On 2 January 2024, Japan Airlines Flight 516, an A350-900 flight from New Chitose Airport in Sapporo to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, collided with a Japan Coast Guard De Havilland Canada Dash 8 while ...
Flight 827 may refer to Air Rhodesia Flight 827, shot down on 12 February 1979; Airborne Express Flight 827, crashed on 22 December 1996 This page was last edited on ...
This incident is believed to be the first commercial passenger plane attacked by hostile forces. [1] On 24 August 1938 – during the Second Sino-Japanese War – the Kweilin, a DC-2 jointly operated by China National Aviation Corporation (CNAC) and Pan American World Airways, carrying 18 passengers and crew, was forced down by Japanese aircraft in Chinese territory just north of Hong Kong. 15 ...