20 years ago today, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 (PT-MRK) was a scheduled domestic flight from Congonhas-São Paulo International Airport in São Paulo, Brazil to Recife International Airport in Recife via Santos Dumont Airport in Rio de Janeiro. The Fokker 100 was carrying 90 passengers & 6 crew members. PT-MRK, the aircraft involved at Congonhas-São Paulo…
60 years ago, Pan Am Flight 6 (N90943) was an around a world flight from Philadelphia to San Francisco with stops in Europe, Asia and the Pacific. At the time of the accident Pan Am Flight 6 was on the last leg of the flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. The Boeing 377 Stratocruiser was…
15 years ago today, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 (SE-DMA) was a scheduled passenger flight from Milan’s Linate Airport, Italy to Copenhagen Airport, Denmark. The McDonnell Douglas MD-87 was carrying 104 passengers & 6 crew members. SE-DMA the accident aircraft involved taken in 2000. ACCIDENT Cessna CitationJet similar to the accident aircraft involved. A brand new…
20 years ago today, Aeroperú Flight 603 (N52AW) was a scheduled flight from Miami International Airport, Florida to Comodoro Arturo Merino Benítez International Airport, Chile with stopovers in Ecuador and Peru. The Boeing 757-23A was carrying 61 passengers & 9 crew members. N52AW, the aircraft involved in the accident seen at Miami International Airport in January…
10 years ago today, GOL Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (PR-GTD) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Eduardo Gomes Int’l Airport Manaus, Brazil to Galeão Int’l Airport Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a stopover at Brasília International Airport. The Boeing 737-8EH was carrying 148 passengers and 6 crew members. PR-GTD accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of…
55 years ago today, a Douglas DC-6B (SE-BDY) carrying United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld flew from Elisabethville Airport, Congo to Léopoldville-N’Djili Airport then to their destination Ndola Airport, Zambia to negotiate a cease-fire. In total the aircraft was carrying 11 passengers & 5 crew members. DC-6 similar to the accident aircraft. United Nations Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld. ACCIDENT On the…
18 years ago today, Swissair Flight 111 (HB-IWF) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F Kennedy Int’l Airport, New York City to Cointrin International Airport, Geneva, Switzerland. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 was carrying 215 passengers & 14 crew members. Accident Aircraft (HB-IWF) at Zurich Airport in July 1998. Ill-fated Swissair HB-IWF from Seoul-Kimpo to Zurich…
30 years ago today, Aeroméxico Flight 498 (XA-JED) was a scheduled passenger flight from Mexico City International Airport, Mexico to Los Angeles International Airport, USA with stopovers in Guadalajara, Mexico; Baja California Sur and Tijuana, Baja California. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was carrying 58 passengers & 6 crew members at the time of the accident. The…
10 years ago today, Comair Flight 5191 (N431CA) was a domestic passenger flight from Blue Grass Airport, Lexington, Kentucky to Hartsfield-Jackson Altanta International Airport, Georgia. The Bombardier CRJ-100ER jet was carrying 47 passengers & 3 crew members. A CRJ-100ER in Comair livery at the gate in Jacksonville, Florida. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of Comair Flight…
1 year ago today, a Canfield Hunter Limited Hawker Hunter T7 (G-BXFI) was taking part in the first of the two-day Shoreham Airshow, held in aid of the Royal Air Forces Association. The Hunter had been opening the afternoon session of displays. The accident aircraft (G-BXFI) photographed in 2013. ACCIDENT The pilot of the vintage jet was Andy Hill,…
31 years ago today, Japan Airlines Flight 123 (JA8119) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, Japan. The Boeing 747-SR-146 was carrying 509 passengers and 15 crew members. JA8119 at Osaka International Airport, Japan in 1984. ACCIDENT At the time of the accident the aircraft was on the…
5 years ago today, Caribbean Airlines Flight 523 (9Y-PBM) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F Kennedy International Airport, New York to Cheddi Jagan International Airport, Guyana with a stopover in Piarco International Airport, Trinidad. The Boeing 737-8BK was carrying 157 passengers & 6 crew members. 9Y-PBM at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Florida…