16 years ago today, Air France Flight 4590 (F-BTSC) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Charles de Gaulle Airport, France to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York. Concorde was carrying 100 passengers and 9 crew members. Concorde (F-BTSC) at Charles de Gaulle Airport on 5th July 1985. Concorde (F-BTSC) taking off from Nice,…
20 years ago today, Trans World Airlines Flight 800 (N93119) was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F Kennedy International Airport, New York City to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris with a stop over at Leonardo da Vinci Airport, Rome. The Boeing 747-131 was carrying 212 passengers & 18 crew members. The accident aircraft…
25 years ago today, Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 (C-GMXQ) was a chartered passenger flight operated by Nationair from King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to Sadiq Abubakar III International Airport, Sokoto, Nigeria. The Douglas DC-8-61 was carrying 247 passengers & 14 crew members. The accident aircraft C-GMXQ at Faro Airport in 1989. The pilots…
20 years ago today, Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 (N927DA) was a regularly scheduled flight from Pensacola Regional Airport, Florida to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The McDonnell Douglas MD-88 was carrying 137 passengers & 5 crew members. Photograph taken of N927DA near Orlando International Airport in March 2007 (Still in service). In 1996 Delta Air…
60 years ago today, United Airlines Flight 718 (N6324C) was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Chicago Midway Airport. The Douglas DC-7 Mainliner was carrying 53 passengers & 5 crew members. A United Airlines DC-7 Mainliner similar to the one involved. The pilots of United Airlines Flight 718 were Captain Robert Shirely, First…
20 years ago today, Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 865 (PK-GIE) was a scheduled international flight from Fukuoka, Japan to Jakarta, Indonesia with a stopover in Bali, Indonesia. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 was carrying 260 passengers & 15 crew members at the time of the accident. Photograph taken of PK-GIE at Hong Kong-Kai Tak International Airport…
45 years ago today, Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (N9345) was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles, California to Seattle, Washington with several intermediate stops. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 was carrying 44 passengers & 5 crew members at the time of the accident. Photograph taken of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 (N9345). The aircraft was piloted by Captain Theodore…
25 years ago today, Lauda Air Flight 004 (OE-LAV) was an international passenger flight from Kai Tak Airport, Hong Kong to Vienna International Airport, Vienna, Austria with a stopover at Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. The Boeing 767-3Z9ER was carrying 213 passengers & 10 crew members at the time of the accident. Photograph taken…
Gatwick is celebrating the 80th anniversary of its first flight today with a look back at some of the famous faces who have passed through.Vintage pictures show Princess Diana in the control tower in 1988, Pope John Paul II kissing the ground in 1982, and John F Kennedy’s arrival in 1963, months before his assassination. The…
20 years ago today, ValuJet Flight 592 (N904VJ) was a scheduled flight from Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in Atlanta, Georgia. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was carrying 105 passengers & 5 crew members. Photograph taken of N904VJ at Washington Dulles International Airport in May 1995. The pilots on board ValuJet…
10 years ago today, Armavia Flight 967 (EK-32009) was a scheduled flight from Zvartnots International Airport in Zvartnots, Armenia to Sochi International Airport in Sochi, Russia. The Airbus A320-211 was carrying 85 Armenian citizens, 26 Russian citizens, 1 Georgian citizen and 1 Ukraine citizen. The aircraft involved has been delivered in 1995 to Ansett Australia and then to All Nippon…
50 years ago today, American Flyers Airline Flight 280 (N183H) was a flight operated on a U.S. Military Air Command contract from Monterey Regional Airport in California to Columbus Airport in Georgia, via Ardmore Municipal Airport in Oklahoma. The Lockheed L-188 Electra was carrying 93 passengers & 5 crew members. The aircraft involved in the…