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(United Airlines Flight 175, with close to 1000 total deaths, is excluded as the flight crashed not by accident but due to a terrorist attack.) [2] The accident became known as the Park Slope plane crash or the Miller Field crash [3] after the two crash sites. The accident was also the first hull loss and first fatal accident involving a ...
Capital Airlines Flight 20 was a U.S. scheduled passenger flight from Washington, D.C. to Norfolk, Virginia.A Vickers Viscount flying the route crashed into a farm in Charles City County, Virginia, on January 18, 1960.
The crew declared an emergency at 3:40 am while descending to 9,000 ft (2,743 m). In an effort to halt engine no. 2 rotation, the crew attempted to activate the firewall shutoff valve so the engine would be deprived of lubricant. As a result, the propeller separated from engine no. 2 and slashed a 15-inch (380 mm) hole in the plane's fuselage.
Many notable human fatalities have resulted from aviation accidents and incidents.. Those killed as part of a sporting, political, or musical group who flew together when the accident took place are usually only listed under the group sections; however, some are also listed as individuals.
At about 2:45 a.m. a farmer, Richard Randolph, heard the sound of an engine cutting in and out, followed by tearing metal and an explosion. Later that morning, after his teenage son McArthur Randolph found airplane wreckage in one of his father's fields, Richard Randolph drove to Bolivia, North Carolina, which had the nearest phone. [6]
1960 Danish football air crash; List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1960; E. Ethiopian Air Lines Flight 372; M. 1960 Munich C-131 crash; N.
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 ...
1935 Amsterdam Fokker F.XXII crash; 1939 Pan Am Sikorsky S-43 crash; 1951 LOT Li-2 Tuszyn air disaster; 1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash; 1953 Sabena Convair CV-240 crash; 1961 Bogoroditsk Il-18 incident; 1965 Hong Kong US Marines KC-130F Crash; 1970 Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 crash; 1977 British Airtours Boeing 707 crash; 1983 TAMPA Colombia ...