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As of March 2019, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of an Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [1] [2] Of the hull losses, most were propeller driven aircraft, including three Lockheed L-188 Electra aircraft (of which one, the crash in 1959 of Flight 320, resulted in fatalities). [2]
American Airlines Flight 2: Mississippi River, 18 miles SW of Memphis: Tennessee: Douglas DC-3: The flight crashed for unknown reasons. October 15, 1943 11 0 0 American Airlines Flight 63 (Flagship Missouri) Centerville: Tennessee: Douglas DC-3: The aircraft developed severe icing which eventually made it unable to maintain altitude, causing it ...
American Airlines Flight 320 crashed in the East River on approach to LaGuardia Airport, New York City on February 3, 1959; 65 of the 73 people on board perished. [127] American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in Belle Harbor, Queens, New York City, after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport on November 12, 2001. Everyone on board was ...
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).
The deliberate crashes of the aforementioned American Airlines Flight 11, as well as United Airlines Flight 175 at the World Trade Center, and the subsequent collapse of both towers on 11 September 2001 caused 2,606 ground fatalities in addition to the deaths of the 157 people on board both flights, making it the deadliest aviation disaster in ...
Pages in category "American Airlines accidents and incidents" The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total. ... American Airlines Flight 1572;
1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash – banked to the left and crashed into Shannon River shortly after takeoff, killing all 83 people on board. Aer Lingus Flight 712 – Crashed into the sea off County Wexford in 1968, killing 61. Cause unknown. American Airlines Flight 293 (20 June 1979) - A Boeing 727 operated by American Airlines is
The order to dispatch the fighters at Otis was given at 08:46, and the F-15s took off at 08:53, [18] [37] roughly seven minutes after American Airlines Flight 11 had already crashed into the North Tower.