Note: this is a temporary holding area for list items that appear eligible for inclusion but are missing a corresponding article. Please maintain a chronological order and the same format as the
main list. Please remove any item that is moved to the main list.
1928
August 25 - A
British Columbia Airways Ford 4-AT-B crashed into the sea near Port Townsed while flying in fog. Two crew, 5 passengers and one dog killed.
1935
April 6 - A
KLMFokker F. XII crashes near
Brilon, probably caused by flying at a low height. Both passengers and all 5 crew are killed.
December 25 – One after the other, 3 aeroplanes crashed while attempting to land during a snowstorm at
Shanghai airport in
China; a total of 72 people perished in what became known as China's "Black Christmas".
1949
May 7 – A
Philippine Air Lines aircraft is destroyed by a time bomb, killing all 13 aboard.
1952
May 26 – BOAC four-engined
Handley PageHermes IV G-ALDN crash-lands in the
Sahara Desert with 10 passengers on board, 1,300 miles off-course on a flight between
Tripoli and
Kano. All passengers and crew survive the initial crash landing, but the First Officer later dies of injuries sustained in the crash.
October 5 - Skvoritsy mid-air collision: An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 operating as Flight 376 was descending for
Shosseynaya Airport when it collided with Aeroflot Flight 381, a Douglas TS-62 that was departing the same airport for Minsk, killing all 31 on board both aircraft.
Again, I didn't actually remove these Comets from the main page because they are historically prominent crashes with or without articles (in my opinion), but as far as I know they have no corresponding articles.
plmoknijb00:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC)reply
1954
March 1 -
Darbhanga Aviations Douglas DC-3 aircraft (Registration - VT-DEM) crashed near Calcutta after No.1 engine of the DC-3 caught fire immediately after takeoff from Calcutta runway 19R. The aircraft failed to gain height, stalled and crashed into trees, 3330 feet past the runway end. 2 of the 8 passengers, and all 3 crew members aboard the DC3 were killed in the crash.
1955
January 19 – United Air Lines Flight 329, a two-engine Convair experiencing mechanical failure made an emergency landing on its belly near Dexter, Iowa. The aircraft skidded across frozen fields for more than one-half mile and the fuselage broke open. All 36 passengers and 3 crewmembers survived.
1965
March 17 - a
Handley Page Dart Herald of
Eastern Provincial Airways on a regularly scheduled flight from
Halifax,
Nova Scotia to
Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island disintegrated in mid-air shortly after takeoff. All passengers and crew on board are killed. The plane crashed in
Upper Musquodoboit just outside of
Halifax.[2] The fuselage had split lengthwise along its belly owing to corrosion, and after signs of corrosion were found both in one of BEA's Herald and the remaining Alia aircraft, all Heralds in service were recalled by Handley Page for repair and corrosion-proofing.[3]
March 31 –
Iberia AirlinesConvairCV-440-62 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 50 of 53 occupants; the crash is blamed on a stall due to "undetermined reasons."
1968
August 10 –
Piedmont AirlinesFlight 230, a
Fairchild Hiller 227B N712U "The James River Pacemaker" crashed on landing at Charleston, WV, killing 31 immediately and 4 more dying over the next few days. Ultimately, there were 2 survivors. Cause was pilot error CFIT in fog.
April 23 - A
SAETAVickers Viscount (HC-AVP) missing on a flight from
Quito to
Cuenca. Aircraft found five years later. All 57 on board died (52 passengers and 5 crew).
August 26 - A
BouraqIndonesianVickers Viscount (PK-IVS) crashed into a swamp. All 37 on board died (31 passengers and six crew).
December 21 - An
Aerovias del Cesar SudCaravelle (HK-1810) crashed after onboard explosion. All 70 on board died (63 passengers and seven crew).
1984
August 5 – an
AeroflotAntonov An-12 flew into a hailstorm over
Nawabshah,
Pakistan which damaged its engines. The plane broke up during a steep descent, killing all 24 passengers and crew.
August 2 -
Piedmont Airlines Flight 1489
Boeing 737-400 made an emergency landing at
Piedmont Triad International Airport in
Greensboro, NC with the left main gear jammed up. The pilot attempted to bounce the plane along the runway to drop the left gear and then went around for a final landing attempt with the left gear up. Successfully landed the plane. 0 fatalities, 106 survivors.
[6][7][8][9][10]
1995
March 5 -
Palair MacedonianFokker 100 PH-KXL crashed seconds after takeoff from
Skopje runway 34 on a flight to
Zurich. Investigation into the accident determined the cause of the accident to be the failure to deice the aircraft before departure. Of the 97 people on board, 83 died.
September 9 – A
SATENACASA C.212 Aviocar crashes during an attempted landing near La Macarena,
Colombia killing 21 of the 22 people on board.
August 21 – A Lumbini Airways
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in a mountainous region near Ghorepani,
Nepal. All of the 18 people on board were killed.
September 2 – A Permaviatrans
Antonov An-26 was shot down by
UNITA rebels over
Angola. All 24 people on board were killed.
October 6 –
Aeroméxico Flight 250, a
McDonnell Douglas DC-9, misses the runway while landing at
Reynosa,
Mexico during bad weather. All of the 88 people on board survived, but four people on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed into homes and vehicles.
October 31 – An Aca-Ancargo
Antonov An-26 explodes in flight near Monaquimbundo,
Angola.
UNITA rebels claim to have shot it down. All 44 people on board died.
November 20 – An
American AirlinesAirbus A300 takes off from
Miami,
Florida and goes back and lands after the cabin pressure could not be maintained at 16,000 ft. Upon landing, the aircraft fails to depressurize and a door explodes open, killing a flight attendant.
2001
August 25 - A twin engine Cessna 402B(N8097W) crashes shortly after takeoff about 200 ft.(70m) from the runway at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas. Victims of the crash include the pilot, American singer Aaliyah Haughton (better known as Aaliyah) and entourage.
September 12 – A charted Aero Ferinco LET 410 aircraft crashes after taking off from
Chichen Itza,
Mexico, killing all 19 on board.
November 19 – A chartered IRS Aero
Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft crashes in
Kalyazin,
Russia, killing all 27 on board.
May 25 – A chartered Maniema Union
Antonov An-28 aircraft, owned by Victoria Air, crashed into a mountain near Walungu,
Democratic Republic of the Congo about 30 minutes after takeoff. All of the 22 passengers and 5 crew members were killed.
2006
March 18 – While landing in
Madrid,
Spain, an
Air AlgeriaBoeing 737's right landing gear collapses. The aircraft veered off the runway and injured about 45 of the 108 on board. There were no fatalities.
2007
May 4 - Two
Cuban military deserters hijack a bus and reroute it to
Havana Airport, before attempting to steal an empty passenger jet with the occupants of the bus as hostages. The plan is ultimately foiled but one hostage is killed before the men are captured.
July 17 -
Aero RepúblicaFlight 7330, an
Embraer 190 crashed in a beach of Santa Martha Colombia, apparently unable to land due to bad weather. All passengers and crew members survive.
2008
February 24- An
American Airlines flight,
Flight 896 from
Port-Au-Prince,
Haiti to
Brooklyn,
New York has a sick passenger who asks the flight attendents for oxygen because she can't breathe. The oxygen tanks are reported empty and the woman dies a few minutes later.
July 6 - A
USA Jet AirlinesMcDonnell-Douglas DC-9 crashed onto a roadway while approaching the Plan de Guadalupe International Airport in
Saltillo,
Mexico, killing the pilot. The co-pilot suffered severe burns.
July 24- An
Air MauritiusAirbusA330-200 abort take off at
New Delhi after a fire is detected in the under carriage. All 241 passengers and 11 crew survive.
Note: this is a temporary holding area for list items that appear eligible for inclusion but are missing a corresponding article. Please maintain a chronological order and the same format as the
main list. Please remove any item that is moved to the main list.
1928
August 25 - A
British Columbia Airways Ford 4-AT-B crashed into the sea near Port Townsed while flying in fog. Two crew, 5 passengers and one dog killed.
1935
April 6 - A
KLMFokker F. XII crashes near
Brilon, probably caused by flying at a low height. Both passengers and all 5 crew are killed.
December 25 – One after the other, 3 aeroplanes crashed while attempting to land during a snowstorm at
Shanghai airport in
China; a total of 72 people perished in what became known as China's "Black Christmas".
1949
May 7 – A
Philippine Air Lines aircraft is destroyed by a time bomb, killing all 13 aboard.
1952
May 26 – BOAC four-engined
Handley PageHermes IV G-ALDN crash-lands in the
Sahara Desert with 10 passengers on board, 1,300 miles off-course on a flight between
Tripoli and
Kano. All passengers and crew survive the initial crash landing, but the First Officer later dies of injuries sustained in the crash.
October 5 - Skvoritsy mid-air collision: An Aeroflot Ilyushin Il-12 operating as Flight 376 was descending for
Shosseynaya Airport when it collided with Aeroflot Flight 381, a Douglas TS-62 that was departing the same airport for Minsk, killing all 31 on board both aircraft.
Again, I didn't actually remove these Comets from the main page because they are historically prominent crashes with or without articles (in my opinion), but as far as I know they have no corresponding articles.
plmoknijb00:47, 18 May 2007 (UTC)reply
1954
March 1 -
Darbhanga Aviations Douglas DC-3 aircraft (Registration - VT-DEM) crashed near Calcutta after No.1 engine of the DC-3 caught fire immediately after takeoff from Calcutta runway 19R. The aircraft failed to gain height, stalled and crashed into trees, 3330 feet past the runway end. 2 of the 8 passengers, and all 3 crew members aboard the DC3 were killed in the crash.
1955
January 19 – United Air Lines Flight 329, a two-engine Convair experiencing mechanical failure made an emergency landing on its belly near Dexter, Iowa. The aircraft skidded across frozen fields for more than one-half mile and the fuselage broke open. All 36 passengers and 3 crewmembers survived.
1965
March 17 - a
Handley Page Dart Herald of
Eastern Provincial Airways on a regularly scheduled flight from
Halifax,
Nova Scotia to
Charlottetown,
Prince Edward Island disintegrated in mid-air shortly after takeoff. All passengers and crew on board are killed. The plane crashed in
Upper Musquodoboit just outside of
Halifax.[2] The fuselage had split lengthwise along its belly owing to corrosion, and after signs of corrosion were found both in one of BEA's Herald and the remaining Alia aircraft, all Heralds in service were recalled by Handley Page for repair and corrosion-proofing.[3]
March 31 –
Iberia AirlinesConvairCV-440-62 crashes into the sea on approach to Tangier killing 50 of 53 occupants; the crash is blamed on a stall due to "undetermined reasons."
1968
August 10 –
Piedmont AirlinesFlight 230, a
Fairchild Hiller 227B N712U "The James River Pacemaker" crashed on landing at Charleston, WV, killing 31 immediately and 4 more dying over the next few days. Ultimately, there were 2 survivors. Cause was pilot error CFIT in fog.
April 23 - A
SAETAVickers Viscount (HC-AVP) missing on a flight from
Quito to
Cuenca. Aircraft found five years later. All 57 on board died (52 passengers and 5 crew).
August 26 - A
BouraqIndonesianVickers Viscount (PK-IVS) crashed into a swamp. All 37 on board died (31 passengers and six crew).
December 21 - An
Aerovias del Cesar SudCaravelle (HK-1810) crashed after onboard explosion. All 70 on board died (63 passengers and seven crew).
1984
August 5 – an
AeroflotAntonov An-12 flew into a hailstorm over
Nawabshah,
Pakistan which damaged its engines. The plane broke up during a steep descent, killing all 24 passengers and crew.
August 2 -
Piedmont Airlines Flight 1489
Boeing 737-400 made an emergency landing at
Piedmont Triad International Airport in
Greensboro, NC with the left main gear jammed up. The pilot attempted to bounce the plane along the runway to drop the left gear and then went around for a final landing attempt with the left gear up. Successfully landed the plane. 0 fatalities, 106 survivors.
[6][7][8][9][10]
1995
March 5 -
Palair MacedonianFokker 100 PH-KXL crashed seconds after takeoff from
Skopje runway 34 on a flight to
Zurich. Investigation into the accident determined the cause of the accident to be the failure to deice the aircraft before departure. Of the 97 people on board, 83 died.
September 9 – A
SATENACASA C.212 Aviocar crashes during an attempted landing near La Macarena,
Colombia killing 21 of the 22 people on board.
August 21 – A Lumbini Airways
de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter crashed in a mountainous region near Ghorepani,
Nepal. All of the 18 people on board were killed.
September 2 – A Permaviatrans
Antonov An-26 was shot down by
UNITA rebels over
Angola. All 24 people on board were killed.
October 6 –
Aeroméxico Flight 250, a
McDonnell Douglas DC-9, misses the runway while landing at
Reynosa,
Mexico during bad weather. All of the 88 people on board survived, but four people on the ground were killed when the aircraft crashed into homes and vehicles.
October 31 – An Aca-Ancargo
Antonov An-26 explodes in flight near Monaquimbundo,
Angola.
UNITA rebels claim to have shot it down. All 44 people on board died.
November 20 – An
American AirlinesAirbus A300 takes off from
Miami,
Florida and goes back and lands after the cabin pressure could not be maintained at 16,000 ft. Upon landing, the aircraft fails to depressurize and a door explodes open, killing a flight attendant.
2001
August 25 - A twin engine Cessna 402B(N8097W) crashes shortly after takeoff about 200 ft.(70m) from the runway at Marsh Harbour, Abaco Island, Bahamas. Victims of the crash include the pilot, American singer Aaliyah Haughton (better known as Aaliyah) and entourage.
September 12 – A charted Aero Ferinco LET 410 aircraft crashes after taking off from
Chichen Itza,
Mexico, killing all 19 on board.
November 19 – A chartered IRS Aero
Ilyushin Il-18 aircraft crashes in
Kalyazin,
Russia, killing all 27 on board.
May 25 – A chartered Maniema Union
Antonov An-28 aircraft, owned by Victoria Air, crashed into a mountain near Walungu,
Democratic Republic of the Congo about 30 minutes after takeoff. All of the 22 passengers and 5 crew members were killed.
2006
March 18 – While landing in
Madrid,
Spain, an
Air AlgeriaBoeing 737's right landing gear collapses. The aircraft veered off the runway and injured about 45 of the 108 on board. There were no fatalities.
2007
May 4 - Two
Cuban military deserters hijack a bus and reroute it to
Havana Airport, before attempting to steal an empty passenger jet with the occupants of the bus as hostages. The plan is ultimately foiled but one hostage is killed before the men are captured.
July 17 -
Aero RepúblicaFlight 7330, an
Embraer 190 crashed in a beach of Santa Martha Colombia, apparently unable to land due to bad weather. All passengers and crew members survive.
2008
February 24- An
American Airlines flight,
Flight 896 from
Port-Au-Prince,
Haiti to
Brooklyn,
New York has a sick passenger who asks the flight attendents for oxygen because she can't breathe. The oxygen tanks are reported empty and the woman dies a few minutes later.
July 6 - A
USA Jet AirlinesMcDonnell-Douglas DC-9 crashed onto a roadway while approaching the Plan de Guadalupe International Airport in
Saltillo,
Mexico, killing the pilot. The co-pilot suffered severe burns.
July 24- An
Air MauritiusAirbusA330-200 abort take off at
New Delhi after a fire is detected in the under carriage. All 241 passengers and 11 crew survive.