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Then-33-year-old Phil Bradley was the sole survivor in the 1959 crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 near Crozet, Virginia. The earliest known sole survivor is Lou Foote. On 17 March 1929, as the pilot of a Jersey sightseeing flight, he attempted to force land the monoplane when it suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff.
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1960–1969) 0–9. ... 1960 Munich C-131 crash; N. Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 1-11; P.
Renewal of interest in finding the cause for the Braniff Flight 542 crash occurred after Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 710, another Electra model aircraft of the same kind as Flight 542, disintegrated in-flight and crashed near Tell City, Indiana, on March 17, 1960. Following the second crash, CAB Chief Safety Investigator Phillip Goldstein ...
Aircraft crashed during an attempt at a transatlantic flight from the United States to Italy. Lauren Bessette: United States 1999 Sister-in-law of John F. Kennedy Jr. Piper Saratoga: Martha's Vineyard, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States Pilot error; see John F. Kennedy Jr. plane crash: Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy: United States 1999
The May 3, 1968, crash of Braniff Flight 352 south of Fort Worth was the deadliest airline disaster in Texas history at the time, killing all 85 on board. But the tragedy has largely been forgotten.
A Delta plane flies by the wreckage of Delta Flight 191 the day after the Aug. 2, 1985, crash. JOE GIRON/Star-Telegram There have been 2,751 aircraft crashes with a fatality in Texas in more than ...
The aircraft involved was a Douglas DC-8-21, registration N8607. It was delivered to Eastern Air Lines on May 22, 1960, and had accumulated a total of 11,340 flight hours at the time of the accident. It was delivered to Eastern Air Lines on May 22, 1960, and had accumulated a total of 11,340 flight hours at the time of the accident.