How clever designs helped save 80 people after their plane caught fire, lost a wing and skidded down a runway upside down
When Delta Flight 4819 from Minneapolis to Toronto landed in a fiery crash that ripped off a wing and rolled the plane upside down, panicked onlookers feared the worst. But aviation experts saw ...
Passengers left 'hanging upside down like bats' after plane flips on runway
One passenger on the Delta Airlines flight said the aircraft "kidded on our side, then flipped over on our back" ...
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Earning their wings: Ivy Tech’s Aviation Technology – Flight program is growing
Ivy Tech Columbus students seeking to become professional pilots on a given day study flight theory in the morning and a ...
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All 67 bodies recovered from Potomac River after D.C. midair collision
Advertisement There were no survivors in the air collision that ... Recovery crews on Tuesday removed the plane's right wing, center fuselage, part of the left wing and left fuselage, significant ...
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‘No red flags': Who were the pilots of the plane that crashed in Northeast Philly?
The NBC10 Investigators have been digging into the pilots' background ... "I saw no red flags. I looked at it and I said, 'if I was ramp checking that aircraft, that's exactly what I want to ...
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United Airlines Passengers Film Moment Plane Evacuated After Fire Spotted
No part of the aircraft was on fire, and the flame spotted on the wing of the plane was coming from the back of the engine. The cause of the engine problem is being investigated, United Airlines ...
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United Airlines plane wing seen on fire before passengers evacuated in Houston: Watch
Video shared on social media shows the wing of a United ... members safely exited the airplane, which was preparing to fly to LaGuardia Airport in New York City. No injuries were reported, and ...
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A passenger jet exploded nearly 30 years ago. How families of aircraft disaster victims are treated was forever changed
The plane’s wreckage fell into the Atlantic Ocean ... which detonated vapors in the center wing fuel tank, though they never definitively determined where the initial spark came from.
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Chicago: O’Hare Airport tug driver critically injured in collision with aircraft
A 64-year-old airport tug driver was critically injured after colliding with an American Eagle-operated aircraft at O’Hare ... Lutheran General Hospital. No passengers or crew were hurt, and ...
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64-Year-Old Man Injured After Plane Wing at Chicago O'Hare Airport Collides with Aircraft Tug Truck
An aerial view of Chicago O'Hare International Airport in May 2019 ...
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Chicago airport employee injured in collision with aircraft wing
CHICAGO (WGN) — The driver of a tug vehicle at Chicago O’Hare International Airport was injured Saturday evening after colliding with the wing of an airplane ... according to the FAA. No other ...
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Inside the grueling effort to recover the bodies of all 67 victims from the mangled wreckage of DC plane collision
(CNN) — Families were waiting at the airport to welcome home loved ones when their plane, just minutes from ... the river is a large black spot at night with no lights on it, except for a ...