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An American Airlines flight nearly crashed into a mountain range in Hawaii — but escaped tragedy when it was ordered to rapidly gain altitude, officials said Friday.
American Airlines pilots were told to make an “expedited climb” to avoid crashing into Hawaiian mountains Wednesday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). An air traffic ...
The Federal Aviation Administration says an air traffic controller’s instructions kept an American Airlines flight from hitting mountains near Honolulu International Airport in Hawaii.
Delta Flight 954, operating the Convair, experienced miscommunication with air traffic control and were crossing a runway in poor visibility when North Central Airlines Flight 575, operating the DC-9, were in their takeoff roll on the same runway. The DC-9 attempted to fly over the Convair but struck it and then crash landed back on the runway.
It was the first major commercial passenger flight accident in the U.S. in nearly 16 years, following Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009. It was also the first fatal crash involving American Airlines since Flight 587 on November 12, 2001, [49] as well as the first fatal crash of a CRJ700 series aircraft. [50]
American Airlines Flight 28 / US Army Air Force B-34: Ascent/descent (9,000 ft (2,700 m)) United States Chino Canyon, California: July 12, 1945: 3: 20 Eastern Airlines Flight 45 / US Army Air Force A-26 Invader: Descent United States Florence, South Carolina: April 22, 1947: 9: 0 Delta Air Lines Survey (Douglas DC-3C) / Vultee BT-13 Valiant ...
An American Airlines flight avoided colliding with a Hawaii mountain range, narrowly averting disaster. Flight 298 took off from Honolulu International Airport just after 1 a.m. on Wednesday en ...
American Airlines Flight 965 was a regularly scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida, to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón International Airport in Cali, Colombia. On December 20, 1995, the Boeing 757-200 flying this route ( registration N651AA [ 1 ] ) crashed into a mountain in Buga , Colombia, around 9:40 pm killing 151 of ...