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On 20 May 1905, three elevator accidents occurred in New York City within the span of a few hours, killing two men and one woman. [71] On 28 July 1945, a U.S. Army plane crashed into the Empire State Building in New York City, causing an elevator to fall 75 stories (more than 300 meters or 1,000 feet). Elevator operator Betty Lou Oliver was ...
On December 3, 1990, two Northwest Airlines jetliners collided at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. Flight 1482, a scheduled Douglas DC-9-14 operating from Detroit to Pittsburgh International Airport, taxied by mistake onto an active runway in dense fog and was hit by a departing Boeing 727 operating as Flight 299 to Memphis International Airport.
One of these was to evaluate every DC-8 on U.S. soil to prevent further crashes that could be caused by the disconnection of the right elevator tab. The Federal Aviation Administration subsequently found more than 100 maintenance violations by the airline, including one that caused another accident on April 26, 2001.
On August 16, 1987, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, about 8:46 pm EDT (00:46 UTC August 17), resulting in the deaths of all six crew members and 148 of the 149 passengers, along with two people on the ground.
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Air Transport International Flight 782 DC-8-63F N782AL crashed on take-off at Kansas City, Missouri, United States, killing all 3 people on board. 28 April 1995 Millon Air Flight 705, a DC-8-54F N43UA C/n 45677/199 overran the landing runway at La Aurora Intl. Airport at Guatemala City. The runway was wet.
The family of a 30-year-old man who was crushed to death in a freak elevator accident is speaking out following the horrific incident. Samuel Waisbren was about to exit the elevator of his 23 ...
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