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David Madison/Getty Images The American Airlines flight that killed 14 figure skaters after colliding with an Army helicopter has strikingly similar parallels to a 1961 collision that killed the ...
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1961 (33 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Sabena Flight 548 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 15 February 1961, the Boeing 707-329 operating the flight crashed on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground.
The 2011 Sabarimala crowd crush (often incorrectly described as a human stampede) took place on 14 January 2011, Makara Jyothi Day at Pullumedu near Sabarimala in Kerala, India. It broke out during an annual pilgrimage , killing 106 pilgrims and injuring about 100 more declared later as "National disaster". [ 1 ]
A Florida sheriff's deputy has been hailed as a hero for rescuing a 6-month-old baby trapped in a wrecked car and giving her lifesaving treatment, moments after witnessing a crash from his patrol car.
Imperial Airlines Flight 201/8 was a charter flight by the United States Army to transport new recruits to Columbia, South Carolina for training. [3] [4] On November 8, 1961, the aircraft crashed as it attempted to land at Byrd Field, near Richmond, Virginia.
Then-33-year-old Phil Bradley was the sole survivor in the 1959 crash of Piedmont Airlines Flight 349 near Crozet, Virginia. The earliest known sole survivor is Lou Foote. On 17 March 1929, as the pilot of a Jersey sightseeing flight, he attempted to force land the monoplane when it suffered an engine failure shortly after takeoff.
Savannah Police identified Boris Yusupov as the pilot who died in the small plane crash in midtown Savannah on Sunday night.