An American Airlines jet with 60 friends and 4 employees members aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter whereas coming in for a landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport close to Washington, D.C.
Everyone aboard was been afraid lifeless, authorities said Thursday.
Fatal accidents of enterprise airplane within the united state have really ended up being a rarity. The most harmful present accident remained in 2009 close to Buffalo,New York All 45 friends and the 4 employees members had been eradicated when the Bombardier DHC-8 prop airplane collapsed proper right into a residence. One particular person on the bottom moreover was eradicated.
The collision Wednesday of the Bombardier CRJ-701 twin-engine airplane and UH-60 Blackhawk came about over the Potomac River and the airplane got here beneath the water. In 1982 an Air Florida journey collapsed proper into the Potomac and eradicated 78.
Here are a couple of of probably the most harmful enterprise airplane accidents within the united state as a result of the Air Florida disaster in line with information from the National Transportation Safety Board:
–Feb 12, 2009: A Colgan Air airplane collapsed close to Buffalo, New York, eliminating each individual aboard the Bombardier DHC-8 prop airplane, consisting of 45 friends, 2 pilots and a pair of steward. Another particular person on the bottom moreover handed away, bringing the entire casualty to 50.
–Aug 27, 2006: A Comair airplane collapsed when eradicating in Lexington, Kentucky, after it left from the inaccurate path and escaped completion. Two employees members and 47 friends had been eradicated.
–Nov 12, 2001: Just after launch, an American Airlines journey collapsed proper right into a home of Belle Harbor,New York All 260 people aboard the airplane had been eradicated.
— Sept. 11, 2001: Nearly 3,000 people had been eradicated as 19 al-Qaida hijackers confiscated management of 4 jetliners, sending out 2 of the aircrafts proper into New York’s World Trade Center, a third proper into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the 4th proper into an space in westernPennsylvania It stays probably the most harmful horror strike in background.
–Jan 31, 2000: An Alaska Airlines journey collapsed proper into the Pacific Ocean close to Anacapa Island,California The accident eradicated 83 friends and 5 employees members.
— July 17, 1996: A Trans World Airlines journey collapsed within the Atlantic Ocean close to East Moriches, New York, on its technique to Paris,France All 230 people aboard had been eradicated, and the airplane was broken.
— May 11, 1996: A Valujet Airlines journey collapsed proper into the Everglades relating to 10 minutes after launch from theMiami International Airport The accident eradicated all 105 friends and 5 employees members.
–Oct 31, 1994: An American Eagle journey in Roselawn, Indiana, collapsed, eliminating 64 friends and 4 employees members.
