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The bullet apparently struck the right side of the plane just under the flight deck as the plane was taxiing for takeoff from Dallas to Indianapolis just before 10 p.m., according to Southwest ...
A Southwest Airlines plane was struck by a bullet moments before its scheduled takeoff from Dallas Love Field airport in Texas on Friday night, according to the airline.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that the Southwest plane was a Boeing 737-800 and sustained damage after the bullet struck "near the cockpit." Further details about ...
The plane hit approach lights and a seawall. Of the 62 passengers and 10 crew, 8 passengers survived. Japan Airlines Flight 350 – Flight 350 was on approach to Haneda Airport when the pilot deliberately nose-dived the plane to crash it. The pilot was then subdued by other flight crews, yet the plane remained descending. It then crashed into ...
British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC One-Eleven flying from Birmingham Airport, England to Málaga Airport that experienced an explosive decompression in 1990 after part of the cockpit's windscreen broke off due to a maintenance failure, blowing the captain partially out of the plane. The co-pilot was able to land the plane and the captain survived.
Based on the deformation of the titanium black box data recorder case, the aircraft experienced a deceleration of 5,000 g (49,000 m/s/s) when it hit the ground. It was traveling around a 70° angle toward the south. The plane struck a rocky hillside, leaving a crater less than two feet (0.61 m) deep and four feet (1.2 m) across.
A US Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter carrying three crew members – from the 12th Aviation Battalion, based out of nearby Fort Belvoir, Virginia – was traveling south over the Potomac River ...
The aircraft came to rest on Central Avenue just south of the 55th Street intersection at the northwestern corner of the airport. [ 1 ] : 4 The intersection was full of traffic, and the airplane hit at least three cars, killing six-year-old Joshua Woods, critically injuring five occupants of one car (two adults and three children) and seriously ...