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Today In 2011: A Navigator’s GPS Mistake And A Midnight Fog Approach Led To A Tragic Crash That Killed 47 People
On the night of June 20, 2011, RusAir Flight 9605 was operating a domestic passenger service from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport to Petrozavodsk in Russia’s Republic of Karelia. The aircraft involved was a Tupolev Tu-134A, a Soviet-era twin-engine airliner carrying 52 people, including passengers and crew. What should have been a routine late-night flight ended in…
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Today In 1999, Racing The Thunderstorm – How American Airlines Flight 1420 Ended In Disaster
Today in 1999, a passenger jet carrying 145 people raced a powerful thunderstorm toward Little Rock, Arkansas, in a desperate attempt to land before the weather completely closed in. Just minutes later, the aircraft would slide off the runway at highway speeds, tear through airport structures, break apart in the darkness, and become one of…
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This Day 47 Years Ago: American Airlines Flight 191 Crashed Just 31 Seconds After Liftoff, Killing 273
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191 departed Chicago O’Hare International Airport for Los Angeles in what should have been a routine domestic flight. Instead, it became the deadliest aviation accident in United States history, killing all 271 people onboard and two more on the ground. The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10…
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