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3 July – A Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 helicopter crashes in Khyber Pass, Pakistan, killing all 41 people on board. 8 August – A Eurocopter AS350 collides with a Piper PA-32R over the Hudson River between Hoboken, New Jersey and New York City, United States. The six occupants of the helicopter and the three occupants of the Piper aircraft all ...
Aviation accidents and incidents in Russia in 2002 (3 P) ... List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009) ... 2002 Jalandhar MiG-21 crash; L.
[1] [2] [3] In aviation , a mid-air collision is an accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight . Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of subsequent impact with the ground or sea, very severe damage or the total destruction of at least one of the aircraft usually results.
The last major U.S. commercial air crash occurred in February 2009 when a Continental Airlines flight out of Newark, New Jersey, operated by Colgan Air crashed into a house as it was approaching ...
The plane and military helicopter, piloted by three soldiers, struck each other in midair as Flight 5342 approached the airport's runway, causing both to go down. Everyone in both aircraft was killed.
1975 Kjalarnes helicopter crash; 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes; 1984 Joateca Bell UH-1 bombing; 1991 Vallejo helicopter crash; 1993 Llyn Padarn helicopter crash; 2009 Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister helicopter crash; CHC Helikopter Service Flight 241; 2017 Medford, New Jersey, helicopter crash; 2018 New York City helicopter crash
The U.S. had not had a major commercial plane crash since 2009, when a Colgan Air wreck outside Buffalo, New York, killed 50 people, including one on the ground.
A Curtiss C-46 Commando operating for US Airlines, leased from the USAF, a cargo flight with two occupants inbound from Raleigh-Durham International Airport, crashed 4.4 miles north of Idlewild tower in heavy rain and overcast conditions at the intersection of 169 Street and 89th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens, New York. Both occupants were killed ...