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The bullet apparently struck the right side of the plane just under the flight deck as the plane was taxiing for takeoff from Dallas to Indianapolis just before 10 p.m., according to Southwest ...
A Southwest Airlines plane was struck by a bullet moments before its scheduled takeoff from Dallas Love Field airport in Texas on Friday night, according to the airline.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement that the Southwest plane was a Boeing 737-800 and sustained damage after the bullet struck "near the cockpit." Further details about ...
The aircraft came to rest on Central Avenue just south of the 55th Street intersection at the northwestern corner of the airport. [ 1 ] : 4 The intersection was full of traffic, and the airplane hit at least three cars, killing six-year-old Joshua Woods, critically injuring five occupants of one car (two adults and three children) and seriously ...
British Airways Flight 5390, a BAC One-Eleven flying from Birmingham Airport, England to Málaga Airport that experienced an explosive decompression in 1990 after part of the cockpit's windscreen broke off due to a maintenance failure, blowing the captain partially out of the plane. The co-pilot was able to land the plane and the captain survived.
As a result, he lost consciousness, fell, and struck the forward cabin partition, breaking his nose. An off-duty airline employee rushing to assist the flight attendant also lost consciousness, fell, and received a cut to the head. Both regained consciousness as the aircraft descended. [2]
An airplane flying into a regional airport in Indiana crashed, injuring two people on the ground, officials said. The single-engine Piper PA-28 plane crashed roughly half a mile west of the ...
The plane was estimated to have crashed slightly faster than the speed of sound, around 770 mph (670 kn; 340 m/s; 1,240 km/h), disintegrating instantly. Based on the deformation of the titanium black box data recorder case, the aircraft experienced a deceleration of 5,000 g (49,000 m/s/s) when it hit the ground. It was traveling around a 70 ...