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Forty-seven people were killed in the disaster: all four occupants of the aircraft (three crew members and one nonrevenue passenger) and 43 people on the ground. [ 3 ] : 9 This was considerably lower than expected; the police had originally estimated a death toll over 200 [ 15 ] and Amsterdam Mayor Ed van Thijn had said that 240 people were ...
A fire developed in an aft lavatory, eventually filling the plane with smoke and destroying some electrical cables. The plane made a successful emergency landing, but during evacuation a flashover occurred that caused the death of half the original occupants. January 11, 1983 3 0 0 United Airlines Flight 2885: Romulus: Michigan: Douglas DC-8-54F
Ben Cauley survived the crash and James Alexander was not on the plane. Also on board and killed was soul singer Otis Redding. Beechcraft Model 18: Lake Monona, Madison, Wisconsin, United States Cause undetermined Chase: United States 1974 Four of eight band members were killed (Bill Chase, Walter Clark, John Emma and Wally Yohn) Piper Twin ...
Andrey Ter tells PEOPLE his wife Olesya Taylor, 50, and youngest daughter Olivia Ter, 12, were among the 67 people killed when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with a U.S. Army Black Hawk ...
On Sept. 11, 1974, Eastern Air Lines Flight 212 crashed in Charlotte, killing 72 passengers. Ten people survived. It remains the deadliest plane crash in Charlotte history.
The bodies of all 10 people who died in a crash of a Bering Air caravan in Alaska on Thursday have been recovered from the wreckage, according to the Alaska State Troopers. Bering Air Flight 445 ...
The crash was witnessed by hundreds of people, 349 of whom gave accounts of what they saw to the NTSB. About half (52%) reported a fire or explosion before the plane hit the ground. Others stated that they saw a wing detach from the aircraft, when in fact it was the vertical stabilizer. [19] [25]
All six of the people on board the plane, which also included a paramedic, were killed in the crash. At least one person on the ground was also killed, officials confirmed Saturday. At least 19 ...