An American Airlines jet with 60 guests and 4 staff participants aboard collided Wednesday with an Army helicopter while coming in for a touchdown at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, D.C.
Everyone aboard was been afraid dead, authorities stated Thursday.
Fatal accidents of business airplane in the united state have actually ended up being a rarity. The most dangerous current accident remained in 2009 near Buffalo,New York All 45 guests and the 4 staff participants were eliminated when the Bombardier DHC-8 prop airplane collapsed right into a residence. One individual on the ground additionally was eliminated.
The collision Wednesday of the Bombardier CRJ-701 twin-engine airplane and UH-60 Blackhawk took place over the Potomac River and the airplane came under the water. In 1982 an Air Florida trip collapsed right into the Potomac and eliminated 78.
Here are a few of the most dangerous business airplane accidents in the united state because the Air Florida catastrophe according to records from the National Transportation Safety Board:
–Feb 12, 2009: A Colgan Air airplane collapsed near Buffalo, New York, eliminating every person aboard the Bombardier DHC-8 prop airplane, consisting of 45 guests, 2 pilots and 2 steward. Another individual on the ground additionally passed away, bringing the complete casualty to 50.
–Aug 27, 2006: A Comair airplane collapsed when removing in Lexington, Kentucky, after it left from the incorrect path and escaped completion. Two staff participants and 47 guests were eliminated.
–Nov 12, 2001: Just after launch, an American Airlines trip collapsed right into a house of Belle Harbor,New York All 260 individuals aboard the airplane were eliminated.
— Sept. 11, 2001: Nearly 3,000 individuals were eliminated as 19 al-Qaida hijackers confiscated control of 4 jetliners, sending out 2 of the aircrafts right into New York’s World Trade Center, a 3rd right into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the 4th right into an area in westernPennsylvania It stays the most dangerous horror strike in background.
–Jan 31, 2000: An Alaska Airlines trip collapsed right into the Pacific Ocean near Anacapa Island,California The accident eliminated 83 guests and 5 staff participants.
— July 17, 1996: A Trans World Airlines trip collapsed in the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on its method to Paris,France All 230 individuals aboard were eliminated, and the plane was damaged.
— May 11, 1996: A Valujet Airlines trip collapsed right into the Everglades regarding 10 mins after launch from theMiami International Airport The accident eliminated all 105 guests and 5 staff participants.
–Oct 31, 1994: An American Eagle trip in Roselawn, Indiana, collapsed, eliminating 64 guests and 4 staff participants.
