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American Eagle Flight 4184. American Eagle Flight 4184, officially operating as Simmons Airlines Flight 4184, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Indianapolis, Indiana, to Chicago, Illinois, United States. On October 31, 1994, the ATR 72 performing this route flew into severe icing conditions, lost control and crashed into a field.
American Eagle 4184-212: 68: 0: United States, near Roselawn, IN: Atmospheric icing resulting in a loss of control and crash. [79] Inadequate documentation. 30 Jan 1995: TransAsia 510A-202: 4: 0: Taiwan, near Taipei: Crashed into a hillside, the four crew died. [80] Failure to maintain situational awareness and cross check navigation. 21 Dec ...
The Chengdu J-10 Vigorous Dragon (Chinese : 歼-10 猛龙; pinyin : Jiān-10 Měnglóng; NATO reporting name: Firebird[ 4 ][ 5 ]), is a medium-weight 4.5 generation, single-engine, multirole combat aircraft using a delta wing and canard design. [ 2 ] It is produced by the Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC) for the People's Liberation Army Air ...
The aircraft was the largest plane to ever land at the airport. The airport workers had only 15 minutes to get ready for the emergency landing. [87] On January 18, 2016, two people died when their Cessna 525 private jet crashed shortly after take-off from Salt Lake City International on their way to Tucson International Airport in Tucson ...
The crash was the first U.S.-owned 757 accident and is currently the deadliest aviation accident to occur in Colombia. [2] [4] It was also the deadliest accident involving a Boeing 757 at that time, [5] but was surpassed by Birgenair Flight 301 which crashed seven weeks later with 189 fatalities. [6]
Air Florida Flight 90. Air Florida Flight 90 was a scheduled U.S. domestic passenger flight operated by Air Florida from Washington National Airport (now Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport) to Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport, with an intermediate stopover at Tampa International Airport.
As of March 2019, American Airlines has had almost sixty aircraft hull losses, beginning with the crash of an Ford 5-AT-C Trimotor in August 1931. [216] [217] 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). [217]
First flight. 17 July 1989; 35 years ago (1989-07-17) The Northrop B-2 Spirit, also known as the Stealth Bomber, is an American heavy strategic bomber, featuring low-observable stealth technology designed to penetrate dense anti-aircraft defenses. A subsonic flying wing with a crew of two, the plane was designed by Northrop (later Northrop ...