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Pages in category "United Airlines accidents and incidents" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
United Airlines Flight 629: Longmont: Colorado: Douglas DC-6B: Dynamite was placed in checked luggage and detonated in flight. October 6, 1955 66 0 0 United Airlines Flight 409: near Centennial: Wyoming: Douglas DC-4: The aircraft struck terrain for undetermined reasons. April 4, 1955 3 0 0 1955 MacArthur Airport United Airlines crash: Islip ...
US air carrier accidents by severity of injury, 1983–2017. This list of accidents and incidents on airliners in the United States summarizes airline accidents that occurred within the territories claimed by the United States, with information on airline company with flight number, date, and cause.
March 20 – In the 1969 Aswan Ilyushin Il-18 crash, a United Arab Airlines flight crashes while attempting to land at Aswan International Airport. 100 of the 105 passengers and crew on board are killed. April 2 – LOT Polish Airlines Flight 165, an Antonov An-24, crashes in southern Poland, killing all 53 people on board.
The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11, as well as United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center, and the subsequent collapse of both towers on 11 September 2001 caused 2,606 ground fatalities in addition to the deaths of the 157 people on board both flights, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
The Tupolev Tu-154 crashed, disintegrated into the desert, leaving the flight navigator the only survivor in the third deadliest plane crash in the United Arab Emirates. On 27 December 1997, a Pakistan Airlines Boeing 747 plane from Karachi to London, crashed when landing at Dubai international airport. It overshot the runway and went through ...
The first accident involving a 737 was on July 19, 1970, when a 737-200 was damaged beyond repair during an aborted takeoff, with no fatalities; the first fatal accident occurred on December 8, 1972, when United Airlines Flight 553 crashed while attempting to land, with 45 (43 on board plus 2 on the ground) fatalities; and, as of February 2024 ...
List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by airline. 1 language.