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  2. Air Transat Flight 961 - Wikipedia

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    The flight climbed to its initial cruising altitude of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) and the flight attendants began the inflight service. Then, suddenly, at 3:02 am, the aircraft began a dutch roll after a bang shuddered the aircraft violently. The plane climbed until the crew overcame the aircraft upset by descending.

  3. List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

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    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).

  4. Airlines PNG Flight 1600 - Wikipedia

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    On 13 October 2011, Airlines PNG Flight 1600, a Dash 8 regional aircraft on a flight from Lae to Madang, Papua New Guinea, crash-landed in a forested area near the mouth of the Guabe River, [1] after losing all engine power. Only 4 of the 32 people on board survived. [2] [3] It is the deadliest plane crash in the history of Papua New Guinea. [4]

  5. 2002 Überlingen mid-air collision - Wikipedia

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    "Deadly Crossroads", a season-two (2005) [15] (called Air Emergency and Air Disasters in the U.S. and Air Crash Investigation in the UK and elsewhere around the world). The dramatisation was broadcast in the United States with the title "A Father's Revenge"; and with the title "Mid-Air Collision" in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Asia.

  6. NTSB to release radar data from fatal Washington helicopter ...

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    Investigators from the NTSB said on Saturday that they had determined that the CRJ-700 airplane was at 325 feet (99 meters), plus or minus 25 feet, at the time of impact. ... the helicopter to the ...

  7. Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow - Wikipedia

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    The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada.The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) primary interceptor into the 1960s and beyond.

  8. Aviation accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    The collapsed floor severed the control cables, which left the pilots without control of the elevators, the rudder and No. 2 engine. The aircraft entered a steep dive and crashed. It was the deadliest plane crash of all time until the Tenerife disaster in 1977. However, it is currently the deadliest single-aircraft crash with no survivors.

  9. Radio-controlled aircraft - Wikipedia

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    A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using a hand-held radio transmitter. The transmitter continuously communicates with a receiver within the craft that sends signals to servomechanisms (servos) which move the control surfaces based on ...