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Juan Gualberto Gomez Airport was built in 1989 and inaugurated by Fidel Castro, [3] thus replacing the old Varadero airport located in Santa Marta, currently known as Kawama Airport. The airport was named after a journalist, fighter for the Cuban Independence and black rights activist in Cuba Juan Gualberto Gómez (1854–1933). [4]
As of January 2025, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of a 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]
First complete loss crash of a US airliner since 2009 Wednesday's tragedy is the first time a US airline has experienced a fatal, total loss of aircraft since 2009 when Colgan Air Flight 3407 ...
Flight 961 was a routine scheduled commercial flight carrying 262 passengers and 9 crew from Varadero, Cuba to Quebec City on March 6, 2005. At 2:48 am EST, flight 961 took off from Cuba. The flight climbed to its initial cruising altitude of 35,000 feet (11,000 m) and the flight attendants began the inflight service.
The midair crash occurred around 9 p.m. Wednesday, when an Army helicopter and an American Airlines plane collided near Reagan National Airport outside of Washington, D.C.
American Eagle flight 5342 was traveling from Wichita, Kansas, to Washington, D.C., and had 60 passengers and four crew members on board, American Airlines said in a statement.
Crashed on approach to Antonio Maceo Airport, 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) short of the runway . The aircraft was completing a domestic non-scheduled Camagüey–Santiago de Cuba passenger service as Flight 2886. [30] [31] 14 September 1991: Mexico City Tu-154B-2: CU-T1227 W/O 0 /112 Overran the runway on landing at Benito Juárez International Airport.
An American Airlines flight collided with a Black Hawk helicopter in Washington DC. The nation's capital is home to some of the most congested and highly governed airspace. Reagan National Airport ...