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All 67 people on board the two aircraft were killed in the crash (64 on the airliner, 3 on the helicopter). It was the first fatal crash involving a major U.S. airline in nearly 16 years following Colgan Air Flight 3407, [8] and the deadliest since American Airlines Flight 587 in 2001.
The crash site, near the Aliquippa exit of I-376, is located on private property. The road to the site is accessible only to 427 Support League and Pine Creek Land Conservation Trust members. [ 26 ] Three tombstones are located at the Sewickley Cemetery, 10 miles (16 km) from the site of the crash and within the flight path of USAir 427.
A mid-air collision between and American Airlines flight and military helicopter has killed 67, officials said. Both aircraft plunged into the Potomac River near Washington, D.C, after the crash ...
Two of the USAir fatalities were passengers who initially survived the crash, but died from burn injuries three and 31 days after the crash. [a] Captain Shaw was killed when the nose of the aircraft struck the abandoned fire station, crushing the section of the cockpit [12] where his seat was located. Of the remaining passengers and crew aboard ...
US airlines had gone 16 years without a fatal crash until Wednesday night. But as impressive as that safety record had been, there have been warning signs in recent years of a significant risk of ...
The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, attempted to land and collided in midair with the Black Hawk helicopter. The passenger ...
Peter Livingston, his wife Donna and their daughters Everly and Alydia were among the 67 victims who died in the Jan. 29 collision between an American Airlines plane and a U.S. Army helicopter The ...
US Airways Flight 1549 was a regularly scheduled US Airways flight from New York City's LaGuardia Airport to Charlotte and Seattle, in the United States.On January 15, 2009, the Airbus A320 serving the flight struck a flock of birds shortly after takeoff from LaGuardia, losing all engine power.