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The pilot failed to remove the gust locks on the right aileron and rudder before takeoff, and the baggage compartment was overloaded, which together caused the aircraft to crash during takeoff. The passengers were the Evansville Purple Aces men's basketball team. October 20, 1977 6 20 20 Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash: near Gillsburg: Mississippi ...
Editor's note: This page reflects news of the plane crash near DC on Thursday, Jan. 30. For the latest updates on victim recovery efforts, please read USA TODAY's live coverage of the plane crash ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
PHOTO: Rachel Sambrano holds her daughter Ariah Sambrano at a prayer vigil for victims of the plane crash of the American Eagle flight 5342, at Wichita City Hall, in Wichita, Kansas, Jan. 30, 2025 ...
A timeline of the Washington, D.C., plane crash on Jan. 29 details the moments before and after an American Airlines passenger flight and Army helicopter collided over the Potomac.
Its number-one engine had been severed on the runway. It was the deadliest plane crash in U.S. history until the September 11 attacks in 2001. American Airlines Flight 444 was attacked by the Unabomber on November 15, 1979, near Chicago Illinois. The bomb planted in the cargo hold malfunctioned, but 12 passengers had to be treated for smoke ...
Follow The Post's live updates on the deadly plane crash near DC's Reagan National Airport that left no survivors after an Army helicopter collided with an American Airlines jet Wednesday night.
The Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 formally defines an aviation accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place from the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until all such persons have disembarked, and in which (a) a person is fatally or seriously injured, (b) the aircraft sustains significant damage or ...