New York
On March 1 1962, American Airlines Flight 1 bearing the registration number N7506A took off from Idlewild airport on its way to Los Angeles. After sometime from its take off because of inappropriate maintenance of plane in-house wiring spoiled and the rudder failed leading to the dive of nose in Jamaica bay. All 95 people on board were killed in the incident. Some notable passengers killed were multi-millionaire oilman W. Alton Jones, Louise Lindner Eastman, retired Admiral Richard L. Conolly, president of Long Island University, two-time Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, film producer (The Guns of Navarone) Irving Rubine, and millionaire realtor Arnold Kirkeby. Unexpectedly the crash took place at the time when U.S. astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr was returning from his successful space flight to Mercury on Feb 20.
On February 3 1959, American Airlines Flight 320 was a Lockheed L-188A Electra on its route to New York City. It got crashed into East River when it moved down below the minimum levels. The aircraft was just brought in by American Airlines and it was the first crash of Electra. The CAB ancestors of NTSB said the cause of accident was flying below the proper altitude and minimum familiarity of crew about the aircraft. . Out of 73 passengers only 65 died and 8 people survived. One more crash happened on that day in which Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper, and Richie Valens three good singers were killed at Clear Lake Iowa.
On November 12 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, brusquely after its take off from John F. Kennedy International Airport crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queen's area New York in U.S. it is the second deadliest U.S. aviation disaster till date, after American Airlines Flight 191 excluding the crashes of 9/11. Earlier it was assumed that it was part of terrorist attack but later NTSB said the cause was co-pilot's excess use of controls of rudder. It resulted in rudder and vertical stabilizer separation loss of control of the flight and it crashed. 265 people including 5 people on ground were killed and 1 person was injured.
On January 25 1990, Avianca Flight 52 was on its regular schedule to New York. It had been holding over New York for more than an hour as fog has caused limited arrivals and departures and fuel was subsequently burning. They got encountered in a wind shear and the craft began to come down after that it could not attempt another landing as fuel was insufficient. No. 4 engine separated followed by other engines and it crashed at a village Cove Neck in northern Long Island, in Oyster Bay. Out of 158 people 73 were killed, 85 survived and they were injured. The crash happened at a small village and down the hill in night which made the delay in rescue work and after much effort injured were taken to hospitals.
On February 12 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 was on its daily route to New York from New Jersey, a Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 as Flight 3407 took off from Newark and at 10:11 pm last communication was received. Because after that it crashed in to a house in the northeastern part of Buffalo, Clarence center. Before the crash on its landing process its autopilot was on and the de icing system was also turned on just few minutes before the crash as ice was there on wings and windscreen. As it was flying with autopilot on it rolled and pilot were trying to control it but that time autopilot separated. After struggling for about 25 seconds it crashed into a house killing 50 people including the occupant of the house. (SAME)
On June 24 1975, Eastern Air Lines Flight 66 was on its way and ready for landing at New York Kennedy when it got into a microburst or wind shear which was caused by heavy thunderstorms. The aircraft continuously felled down and came to rest after hitting the lights which was 2400 feet away from the entrance of runway 22L. Then it cached flames and debris spotted till the border of the airport. Out of 124 people 112 were killed at that time, 12 survived but suffered injuries and a person died after 9 days due to injuries. Among them American Basketball Association player Wendell Ladner was also killed. This led to application of low level wind shear alert system so that proper weather conditions can be known and incidents could be averted.
On November 30 1962, Eastern Air Lines Flight 512 was a DC-7B was flying to its destination New York City. It went for a turn around and crashed when it was not able to land at the Idlewild airport because of bad weather. There was heavy fog which led to no resemblance of runway and so the pilot was not able to locate the runway which resulted in crash of the aircraft. The cause was clearly the weather condition that is fog which led to the crash. In this 51 people were on board including both passengers and crew, of which 25 people were killed and others suffered serious injuries.
On Feb 8 1965, Eastern Air Lines Flight 663 which was DC-7B type was on its regular way to Richmond from New York City, it got crashed at Jones Beach State Park in New York at 6:30 pm. It got crashed when it was forced to escape from Pan Am Flight 212 which was coming nearer. 79 passengers and 5 crew members died in this incident. The craft lost its control when it was trying to avoid another aircraft.
On Feb. 1 1957, Northeast Airlines Flight 823 was on its regular route but got crashed after its take off from New York City. It was on its way to Florida and got crashed when it lost control after its departure in bad weather conditions. The plane was flying without any visibility of outside and it went in different direction from the assigned one. It was flying over Rikers Island and it was not at that much altitude to get over the trees so it crashed after a minute from its take off. The cause of it was that the pilot didn't notice where the aircraft was heading and he was not able to maintain control of his flight. 95 passengers and 6 crew members were on board out of which 20 passengers were killed and 81 survived in which 78 received injuried.
On Dec 16 1960, a collision occurred between United Airlines Flight 826 and Trans World Airlines Flight 266. The 1960 New York air disaster was the deadliest accident happened topping the mid air collision of 1956 as fatalities were 134 people. The flights were flying when there was some snowfall and the weather was not that much good. They both crashed at Staten Island, NY. One aircraft gone down into Staten Island and another plane crashed into Park Slope, a Brooklyn neighborhood. 134 people were killed out of which 84 people on board of Flight 826 and 44 on board of Flight 266 including six people of the ground. Stephen Baltz was the only survivor an eleven year old boy who later died of injuries.
On September 11 2001 American Airlines Flight 11 got hijacked by five Islamic terrorist and intentionally it was crashed in to the North tower of the World Trade Centre in New York City. The hijack would have taken place at around 8:14 when the crew did not responded to Boston Air Traffic control messages of its deviation. The hijackers forcibly entered the cockpit and took control of the flight. It crashed in between the 92 and 99 floor of WTC. All 92 people on board were killed and more than 1300 people were also killed in this. It was one of the series of attacks that happened on 9/11. After the crash the building collapsed due to heavy fuel on flight, earlier this was considered as accident but when Southern Tower of WTC was also crashed by another aircraft it got clear that it was terrorist attacks.
United Airlines Flight 175 was also hijacked and crashed in to the south tower of World Trade Centre on September 11 2001. The flight was on its routine drive to Los Angeles airport from Boston but got hijacked after its takeoff. This flight was also hijacked and crashed into WTC as part of 9/11 attacks in America. The terrorists took the control of flight by violating the cockpit and flew it into the direction of WTC. The hijacking was known when the passengers and crew members made phone calls to their families. Within few minutes the plane crashed into South tower of WTC between 77 and 85 floor killing 65 on board and more than 600 people in tower. The tower distorted after 56 minutes kept burning as the fuel in the plane was more. The recovery of bodies was not easy as everything was burnt.
On March 22 1992, USAir Flight 405 which was a Fokker F-28 type with registration number N485US headed off for Cleveland Ohio from LaGuardia Airport, New York City. It got crashed at Flushing Bay when it took off from airport. This happened because the plane was waiting at the gate for a long time and enormous quantity of ice got collected on its wings and airframe. One of the reasons was also that the pilot didn't take necessary steps to act in such condition. Out of 51 members 27 got killed and remaining 24 suffered injuries.
On January 15 2009, US Airways Flight 1549 was on its route to Charlotte, North Carolina form New York City. On its climbing process it got struck by a number of birds and the power is fully lost of both the engines. It resulted in turning down of windscreen into brown and many noises were heard. The flight officers first thought of returning to airport but were not able to do so due to lower altitude and then the officer decided for ditching in Hudson River. All safety instructions were given to passengers and ditching was done when the plane stopped and all were vacated from the plane. Rescuers arrived after five minutes and started moving passengers to safety. All 155 survived with some suffering injuries. Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators awarded Master's medal to the crew of flight 1549 for their brilliant work in emergency situation on January 22 2009.
On February 12 2009, Colgan Air Flight 3407 was on its routine way to New York from New Jersey, after its departure from Newark Liberty International Airport at 9:20 p.m. the craft lost communication at 10:11p.m. and it got crashed in to a building at Clarence Center, NY. The weather conditions were light snowfall with wintry winds, two other aircrafts reported of icy conditions at that time. The de icing system was turned on to get assistance in landing and the flight was on autopilot mode. The plane rolled and loud noises were heard from the engines although the cause of the accident is under investigation and a specific statement has to be made. 50 people were killed including 45 passengers, 4 crew members and 1 person of the house. 4 people were also injured in this accident. (SAME)
North Carolina
On January 6 1960, National Airlines Flight 2511 bearing registration no. N8225H, which was a Douglas DC-6B, was called on for a short notice service, as flight 601 was beached down due to a splintered window. The plane was going on its routine path to Miami, Florida from Idle wild airport but blasted over Bolivia in North Carolina. All 34 people on board were killed. During the recovery process Julian A. Frank, a lawyer from New York City's body was missing and it was found at sixteen miles away from the wreckage. The detailed investigations revealed that the explosion caused severe injuries on him just as that the blast occurred on his laps or beneath his seat. He has bought large amount of insurance policies from airport and has been investigated for some frauds.
On July 2 1994, USAir Flight 1016 was on its routine schedule to Charlotte from Columbia, where on its final approach it got stuck in wind shear and lost its control. While approaching to land the aircraft got stuck in heavy thunderstorms and the flight officers were not able to handle the aircraft. It resulted in going beyond the runway and crashed in to the fence of airport breaking the plane into 4 parts. Out of 52 passengers and 5 crew members 37 were killed because of force or fire and 15 suffered injuries and totally 20 people survived in the crash. The reason for the crash that is stated by NTSB that the flight's crew incapacity to approach in heavy thunderstorm and lost control which would have enabled them to come out of thunderstorm. The air traffic control also failed to give information about the bad weather conditions.
Air Midwest Flight 5481 was on its regular way to Greer, South Carolina on January 8 2003 it got crashed just after 37 seconds after it took off from Charlotte airport. The cause behind the crash was earlier believed to be fuel cap crash but later it was found that there were two reasons of the crash. One was the poor servicing of the aircraft by the mechanic to whom this has been sent. He did not have proper knowledge of the aircraft and the elevator cables have been wrongly joined. Other reason was that the pilots inappropriate calculation of the passengers weight. The weight exceeded the maximum level of weight which also contributed in the crash of the flight.
Ohio
On October 29 1960, which was a chartered C-46 plane carrying the California Polytechnic State University football team got crashed after its takeoff from Toledo, Ohio. The crash occurred as the left engine lost its power and caught up fire. This incident is known as Cal Poly football team plane crash as 16 members of the team, its manager and a team booster died in this incident totally 22 people were killed. The CAB stated that the cause of the crash was heavy fog which led to zero visibility in which the plane was flying. The pilot of the aircraft was having a revoked license which was pending for approval. In 2006 a memorial has been built at the Mott gym and a pillar stands for everyone who died and also on 29 September 2006, the 1960 football team was included into the Cal Poly Athletics Hall of Fame.
Oregon
On December 28 1978, United Airlines Flight 173, which was a Douglas DC-8-61 got on its route got crashed while landing at Portland airport. While proceeding landing some error occurred and everyone got involved in that, they were trying to detect and set right the landing problem. A huge noise was heard when the landing gear was pushed down also vibration occurred in the plane. The thought of set righting the landing gear was correct but the pilot and crew failed to notice that the fuel was also running out. It led to crashing of aircraft in to a populated area. Out of 181 passengers and 8 crew members 10 were killed and 179 people survived the crash in which 24 were injured. The lack of coordination between the crew members resulted in this so UA placed the first CRM program in 1980 for pilots. It was a great success as it is used all over the world.
On October 1 1966, West Coast Airlines Flight 956 got crashed at southern of Wemme, Oregon, United States, it crashed because it was flying below the minimum levels. This incident was the first loss/suffering for Douglas DC-9. The flight was given instructions to come down to 9,000 feet from 14,000 feet and to turn right after acknowledgement the flight disappeared from the radar. An F-106 plane from Washington and HU-16 from Portland were sent to search the missing plane, when the aircraft disappeared it was at 2900 feet with rainy conditions. The NTSB was not able to find any specific reasons for the crash. It got crashed as it was beneath the normal level and the rainy conditions added to it problems.
Pennsylvania
TWA Flight 513, bearing the registration NC86513, named as Star of Lisbon, which was a Lockheed Constellation type of aircraft operated by Transcontinental and Western Air. On July 11 1946, it was on for a training flight and got crashed near Reading, Pennsylvania. The electric wire in the luggage section suddenly developed a fire. The crew was unable to hold on smoke and fire and therefore lost the control of the flight. It got crashed and 5 people were killed and only one surviving in the incident. This accident is known as it led foundation for the installing of fire detection equipments in this aircraft on August 23 1946.
United Airlines Flight 93 which was a regular passenger flight from New Jersey to San Francisco was hijacked on September 11 2001, which was also the part of 9/11 attacks. The flight was hijacked by similar group who was responsible for the attacks. The terrorist enforcedly entered cockpit and took control of the flight and flying it towards Washington, D.C. many passengers made phone calls and came to know about attacks on WTC. The people got angry and prepared themselves for a fight against terrorist which resulted in crashing of the plane in a field at near Shanks Ville, in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. All people on board were killed and the remaining was found at certain miles away from the crash site. The passengers clash with the terrorist saved many others life as their target was killing many people. A lasting monument to be built and will be dedicated in 2011.
On September 8 1994 USAir Flight 427 was on its routine route to Pennsylvania from Chicago, it got crashed just at about 6,000 feet and 6 miles away from the runway. The crash occurred as a result of loss in control of the flight in Hopewell Township near Pennsylvania killing all 127 passengers plus 5 crew members. This incident took a longer time of investigation to find out the cause of its happening. It took nearly four and half years to state the reason of it which is sudden loss of control of flight led to crash of the flight. In future pilots were trained to handle the aircraft in difficult situation and four different additional information channels were introduced for more precise knowledge of the aircraft. Further 427 is no more used number of US airways.
Puerto Rico
On May 9 2004, American Eagle Flight 5401 was on its route to San Juan from Mayagüez, an Avions de Transport Regional 72-212, ATR-72 type with registration number N438AT. While landing at San Juan the plane pranced once, rebounded very hardly two times and crashed at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport, Puerto Rico. It came to an end at grassy area which was 217 feet left of runway 8 and 4,317 feet away from runway entrance. 22 passengers and 4 crew members were on board out of which the captain was most critically wounded and 16 passengers, the first officer, 2 flight attendants suffered minor injuries. When crash happened a team of city rescuers were practicing on the beach which was one block away from the airport. They ran to help people and certainly saved their lives. The NTSB said that the happened because of pilot's error as he failed to recover from a bounced landing.
Prinair Flight 191 was a flight from San Juan to Ponce in Puerto Rico. On June 24 1972, the flight was on its way and at 11:15pm it crashed when it was attempting for landing. As it was landing at night it was only accountable for landing authorization. After touching down the runway the crew made a conclusion to go around. Then the pilot over rated and caused to a stand at lower level therefore the craft crashed killing 3 passengers and 2 crew members. Fifteen people survived in the crash out of which seven were seriously injured. NTSB in its earlier investigation revealed that there was unauthorized vehicle present on the runway which led to go around and crash happened. In the future investigation it was revealed that crash happened because of pilot's error.
Texas
On August 2 1984, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was on its way in the afternoon it got crashed when it was approaching Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. The plane got stuck in a microburst persuaded wind shear. When the aircraft flew over Louisiana a thunderstorm was developing and the captain changed the heading to avoid disorderly weather. At DFW airport weather was very bad but they decided to proceed further. Both the captain and co pilot tried to control the plane but was not able to control it came down and hit a 1971 Toyota Celica vehicle, killing William Hodge Mayberry. It also hit 2 water tanks and exploded in to flames. 135 people died in the incident including one on the ground and 29 survived. NTSB said that it was pilot's error who continued flying in the direction of thunderstorm. Don Estridge, father of IBM PC died as onboard this flight with his wife, two IBM summer interns and six other IBM employees.
On August 31, 1988, Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 got crashed after its takeoff from Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. The reasons for the crash as determined were a mechanical failure, the crew futile to note that the wing's flaps and slats were in proper position before its take off and plane's takeoff caution horn which would alert crew if there is any problem in takeoff and that was also not working. The plane did not gain enough speed to climb up as flaps and slats were pulling back as they were not properly placed and got crashed at the end of the runway. Out of four crew members two members died and out of 101 passengers 12 were killed, 26 were seriously injured.
Continental Express Flight 2574 on September 11 1991, an Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, bearing the registration number N33701 got crashed near Eagle Lake Texas while approaching for landing. All fourteen on board were killed and no one survived from the crash. The investigations of NTSB disclosed that lock up had been detached from the straight preservative during repairs the night earlier than the accident and, subsequent change in shift and so the screw were not put back. It was clear that the improper maintenance and inappropriate supervision by the persons was the main cause of crash. This led to a strong foundation in generating new safety rules which ensures more professional work to be done.
Virginia
American Airlines Flight 77 was on its way to Los Angeles from Washington D.C. It was the third flight which was hijacked by terrorist on September 11 2007, and was crashed in to Pentagon. The hijackers forcibly entered cockpit and took the control of the flight. They took power of flying of the flight and were flying it at high speed. The passengers and crew members began calling to their families and informed them about the plane's hijacking. The plane was crashed in to the pentagon building killing 64 on board including hijackers and 125 people on ground. The crash resulted in a development of big fire which was cooled off after many hours of struggle. The remains were recovered and identified. An outdoor memorial has been built consisting of 189 victims benches arranged according to their birth year.
On December 1 1974, TWA Flight 514 was on its way to Washington Dulles International which crashed into Mount Weather, Virginia. The plane was earlier going to Washington later changed its approach to Dulles to avoid crosswinds. They proceeded towards Dulles and controller cleared them for approach. The data recorder showed that there was confusion in cockpit that whether they are still watched in radar. After reaching 1,800 feet There were 100 to 200 deviations from the way come across serious downdrafts and there was lower visibility because of snow. The cause of crash would be controller's mistake of not giving proper information. Several changes were made in and at out to give more clear information.
West Virginia
On November 14 1970, Southern Airways Flight 932 at 7:35 pm got crashed just at a hill before it's destination to Tri-State Airport. It was carrying 37 players of the Marshall University Thundering Herd football team, eight members of the training staff, 25 boosters, four crew members of the flight, and one of the employees of the charter corporation. When the plane was ready for landing the controller gave information about the presence of rain, fog, smoke and a worn out upper limit, the pilot continued the landing process. On its final approach it had a collision with trees and it busted into flames killing all 75 people on board. NTSB said that the crash was unsurvivable as no one could be identified.
U.S. Virgin Islands
On April 27 1976, American Airlines Flight 625, which was a Boeing 727, got crashed as it ran over the leaving end at Harry S Truman airport while landing there. It got trapped in the landing coordination antenna, it gone down with a chain like fence and traveled till it was stopped by a building destroying the aircraft completely. The runway at St. Thomas was a shorter one and the Boeing 727 was the heaviest of the aircraft which could not go around easily. NTSB said that it was pilot's error for approaching landing and his judgment and calculation of go around at the time when he did not had enough space to do so. Out of 88 people on board 37 were killed and 51 survived from the crash.