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On October 19, 2021, a corporate McDonnell Douglas MD-87, registered as N987AK, crashed and caught fire during take-off, 1,600 feet (500 m) from Houston Executive Airport. [1] Those on board, 19 passengers and four crew members, were safely evacuated out of the aircraft. The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently written-off.
American Airlines Flight 77 was a scheduled domestic transcontinental passenger flight from Dulles International Airport in Northern Virginia to Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles. The Boeing 757-200 aircraft serving the flight was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September ...
Mobile phones on aircraft. In the U.S., Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regulations prohibit the use of mobile phones aboard aircraft in flight. [1] Contrary to popular misconception, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) does not actually prohibit the use of personal electronic devices (including cell phones) on aircraft.
United Airlines Flight 93 was a domestic scheduled passenger flight that was hijacked by four al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijackers planned to crash the plane into a federal government building in the national capital of Washington, D.C.
Eastern Air Lines Flight 304 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain on February 25, 1964, killing all 58 on board. [101] Delta Air Lines Flight 9877 crashed in New Orleans on March 30, 1967, during a training flight, killing all six crew on board and 13 people on the ground. National Airlines Flight 967 disappeared over the Gulf of Mexico near New ...
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Why Planes Crash was a documentary TV series based on aviation accidents and crashes.The series was created, named and produced by Caroline Sommers for NBC News.The series premiered on July 12, 2009, featuring Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger's ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River on January 15, 2009, popularly known as the "Miracle on the Hudson."
April 27, 2001. Guyed steel lattice mast. 331.5 (307.1 + 24.4 (structure + antenna)) Controlled implosion after aircraft crash caused serious damage five days earlier. Rebuilt in 2003, the new tower has almost the same height, i.e. 326.8 m (307.1 m for the structure, but the antenna is shorter (19.7 m)).