one month after september 11th 2001 a airbus a300-600 american airlines 587 plunged into jamaica bay(newyork,usa) after tail ripping off.killing 260 on board and 5 on the ground

Date: June 26, 1988 Time: 14:45 Location: Habsheim, France Operator: Air France Flight number: 296Q Route: Basel - Basel AC type: Airbus A320-111 Aboard: 136 (passengers: 130, crew:6) Fatalities: 3 (passengers: 3, crew:0) Summary: The plane was scheduled to perform a series of fly-bys at an air show. The plane was to.... more

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Plane crash

Classic stall/spin accident

Please read the description. On July the 10th, 2006 a TU-134 was taking off from an airport in Ukraine when as a result of a bird strike, one of the engines failed and caught fire. The pilot attempted to abort the takeoff, but the plane overran the end of the runway and burst into flames. Out of the 20 occupants,.... more

fire on board a plane

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A twin Engined plane returning from France with 4 persons aboard is forced to land with the starboard wheel not locked down. The pilot completes a text book emergency landing after circling for 45 minutes to burn up fuel. Filmed by Steve Edwards