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All 67 people aboard the two aircraft were killed in the crash (64 on the airliner, 3 on the helicopter). It was the first major crash of a U.S. commercial passenger flight since Colgan Air Flight 3407 in 2009. [8] Flight 5342 was on final approach after flying from Wichita Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport in Wichita, Kansas.
In the last decade, the Hawaii-based Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command has worked to recover the remains of 52 service members who died when their military transport plane crashed into an Alaska ...
The crash started a wildfire which firefighters contained to an area smaller than one square mile. After the fire was extinguished, crews remained on site for a time to watch for hotspots and reignition. [2] [8] Initial reports indicated that an "auto pilot issue during flight" contributed to the crash. [2]
A "large-scale" search for the plane and passengers took place soon after the crash, and Dodds' remains were found on Oct. 8, 2007, in the Straits of Mackinac, east of the Mackinac Bridge.
At that time of the crash, it was the deadliest aviation disaster involving the Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 until the crash of US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211 in 2018. [1] It was the last fatal crash involving a major U.S. airline until the 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision. [7] [8]
A notorious real-life 1972 plane crash in the Andes is the inspiration behind the new Netflix adventure drama "Society of the Snow.". The disaster happened on Oct. 13, 1972, when Uruguayan Air ...
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
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).