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Two on the ground were also killed. It remains the deadliest commercial aircraft accident in the United States, and the second-deadliest incident involving commercial aircraft in the United States, after the 9/11 attacks. December 28, 1978 10 24 179 United Airlines Flight 173: Portland: Oregon: McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61
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).
It was the first loss of a Martin 2-0-2 aircraft, the worst disaster involving a Martin 2-0-2 to date, and with 37 fatalities, still ranks as the worst air crash in Wisconsin history. [ 189 ] On November 18, 1966, the crew departed Barksdale AFB , Louisiana, in B-52G (tail number 58‑0228) on a training flight to K. I. Sawyer AFB south of ...
The flight number, 5432, will be retired, American Airlines said. Retiring flight numbers is a common practice following major aviation accidents. What we know about the helicopter
The crash occurred just before 9 p.m. Wednesday when American Airlines Flight 5342 from Wichita, Kansas, attempted to land and collided in midair with the Black Hawk helicopter. The passenger ...
1961 President Airlines Douglas DC-6 crash – banked to the left and crashed into Shannon River shortly after takeoff, killing all 83 people on board. Aer Lingus Flight 712 – Crashed into the sea off County Wexford in 1968, killing 61. Cause unknown. American Airlines Flight 293 (20 June 1979) - A Boeing 727 operated by American Airlines is
Sixty-seven people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation's first major commercial airline ...
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]