Article archive
1986 Cerritos mid-air collision
04/15/2014 23:07
The 1986 Cerritos mid-air collision involved Aeroméxico Flight 498, a McDonnell-Douglas DC-9, and N4891F, a Piper PA-28-181 Archer owned by the Kramer family.
Aeroméxico Flight 498, registration XA-JED, and previously registered with Delta Airlines as N1272 was a Douglas DC-9-32 en route...
United Airlines Flight 585
04/15/2014 23:01
United Airlines Flight 585 was a scheduled American domestic passenger airline flight from the now-decommissioned Stapleton International Airport in Denver to Colorado Springs Municipal Airport in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
On March 3, 1991, the Boeing 737-291, registered N999UA, and...
China Airlines Flight 006
04/15/2014 22:58
China Airlines Flight 006 (callsign "Dynasty 006") was a daily non-stop flight departing from Taipei at 16:15 and scheduled to arrive at Los Angeles International Airport at 07:00 local time. On February 19, 1985, it was involved in an aircraft upset accident after the No. 4 engine flamed out. The...
United Airlines Flight 811
04/15/2014 22:52
United Airlines Flight 811 experienced a cargo door failure in flight on February 24, 1989, after its stopover at Honolulu International Airport, Hawaii. The resulting decompression blew out several rows of seats, resulting in the deaths of 9 passengers.
Follow the below link to learn more...
American Airlines Flight 1420
04/15/2014 22:51
American Airlines Flight 1420 was a flight from Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport to Little Rock National Airport in the USA. On June 1, 1999, the McDonnell Douglas MD-82 (registration number N215AA) operating for Flight 1420 overran the runway upon landing in Little Rock and crashed. Of the...
Air Transat Flight 236
04/15/2014 22:50
Air Transat Flight 236 was an Air Transat flight bound for Lisbon, Portugal from Toronto, Canada that lost all power while flying over the Atlantic Ocean on August 24, 2001. The Airbus A330-243 suffered a complete power loss due to a fuel leak caused by improper maintenance. Captain Robert Piché,...
Aeroperú Flight 603
04/15/2014 22:45
Aeroperú Flight 603 was a scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport in Santiago, Chile (SCEL), with stopovers in Ecuador and Peru. On 2 October 1996, the plane flying the final leg of this flight crashed in the early...
Swissair Flight 111
04/15/2014 22:41
Swissair Flight 111 (SR111, SWR111) was a Swissair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 on a scheduled airline flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States to Cointrin International Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. This flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Air...
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961
04/14/2014 01:17
Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961, a Boeing 767-200ER, was hijacked on 23 November 1996, en route from Addis Ababa to Nairobi on a Bombay–Addis Ababa–Nairobi–Brazzaville–Lagos–Abidjan service, by three Ethiopians seeking asylum in Australia. The plane crash-landed in the Indian Ocean near Grande...
Items: 11 - 19 of 19