![]() ![]() Thanks to the valiant efforts of the crew and the expertise of the cockpit, 185 people managed to survive one of the deadliest aircraft incidents of all time. Of the 296 passengers and crew on board, 111 died. United Airlines Flight 232ĭuring its journey from Denver to Philadelphia in 1989, an aircraft operating United Airlines Flight 232 lost many of its flight controls after a catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine. The crew also did not perform the required audio identification of the pertinent navigational facilities.” 15. The Board further concludes that the crew did not use all available navigational aids to check the flight’s progress along the localizer nor were these aids required to be used. The origin or nature of the misleading navigational information could not be determined. According to The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the probable cause of the accident was “a display of misleading navigational information concerning the flight’s progress along the localizer course which resulted in a premature descent below obstacle clearance altitude. The incident, which resulted in the death of all 111 passengers and crew on board, still represents the deadliest incident in the airline’s history. Alaska Airlines Flight 1866ĭuring a routine flight from Anchorage, Alaska, to Seattle, Washington, in 1971, an aircraft operating Alaska Airlines Flight 1866 crashed into a mountain in Haines Borough, near Juneau, Alaska. After it was found the incident had been caused by improperly stored cargo, the airline (which already had a dire safety record) was grounded for several months. ![]() ValuJet Flight 592ĭuring a scheduled flight from Miami International Airport to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 1996, an onboard fire on the ValuJet Airlines McDonnell Douglas DC-9 resulted in the plane crashing into the Everglades, killing all 110 passengers on board. In all, 75 survived the crash the pilots, flight engineer, two of 10 flight attendants, and 96 of 163 passengers were less fortunate. ![]() Eastern Air Lines Flight 401ĭuring its flight from New York to Miami, an aircraft operating Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Everglades after the cockpit became so distracted by a burnt-out landing gear indicator light, they neglected to notice the autopilot had disengaged, and that the plane was slowly losing altitude. As a result of the wreckage being buried under 8000 feet of water, the cause of the accident remains a mystery, with the accident review board noting “Because of lack of evidence, the Board is unable to determine the probable cause of the accident.” What is known is that the crash represented the deadliest incident for the airline until the events of 1987 (more on which coming up). During the recovery, around 1500 pounds of wreckage was discovered, but no bodies were ever found. In 1963, a Northwest Orient Airlines Douglas DC-7C crashed into the sea just off the coast of Alaska. The subsequent investigation found the incident had been caused by Alaska Airlines’ “ insufficient lubrication of the jackscrew assembly.” All 83 passengers, 2 pilots and 3 cabin crew members were killed. On route to Seattle–Tacoma International Airport in Seattle, a McDonnell Douglas MD-83 operating the Alaska Airlines Flight 261 route crashed into the Pacific Ocean after losing pitch control. American Airlines Flight 11 American Airlines Flight 77, United Airlines Flight 175 and United Airlines Flight 93 20. ![]()
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