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Qantas - Boeing - B747-438 (VH-OJH) flight QF1

Qantas – Boeing – B747-438 (VH-OJH) flight QF1

On 23 September 1999, at about 2247 local time, a Qantas Boeing 747-438 aircraft registered VH-OJH (callsign Qantas One) overran…

American Airlines - Mcdonnell Douglas - MD82 (N-215AA) flight AA1420

American Airlines – Mcdonnell Douglas – MD82 (N-215AA) flight AA1420

American Airlines flight AA1420 : on June 1, 1999, at 2350:44 central daylight time, American Airlines flight AA1420, a McDonnell…

Channel Express (Air Services) – Fokker – F27-600 (G-CHNL)

Channel Express (Air Services) Fokker F27, registered G-CHNL crashed during approach in Guernsey airport. The accident was notified to the…

Swissair - Mcdonnel Douglas - MD11 (HB-IWF) flight SR111

Swissair – Mcdonnel Douglas – MD11 (HB-IWF) flight SR111

Swissair flight SR111 crashed near Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia, Canada on September 02nd 1998. At 0018 UTC (2018 eastern daylight…

United Airlines - Boeing - B767-322ER (N-653UA) flight UA965

United Airlines – Boeing – B767-322ER (N-653UA) flight UA965

United Airlines flight UA965 was in cruising flight near Paris during an ETOPS flight from Zurich to Washington, DC, abnormal warnings…

Silkair - Boeing - B737-300 (9V-TRF) flight MI185

Silkair – Boeing – B737-300 (9V-TRF) flight MI185

Silkair flight MI185 took off at 08:37:13 (15:37:13 local time) from Runway 25R with the Captain as the handling pilot.…

KOREAN AIR - BOEING - B747 (HL-7468) flight no. KL801

KOREAN AIR – BOEING – B747 (HL-7468) flight no. KL801

Korean Air flight KL801, a Boeing 747-3B5B (747-300), Korean registration HL7468, operated by Korean Air Company, Ltd., crashed at Nimitz…

Federal Express Inc. - Mcdonnel Douglas - MD11 (N-611FE) flight FX14

Federal Express – Mcdonnell Douglas – MD11 (N-611FE) flight FX14

Federal Express flight FX14 : on July 31, 1997, about 0132 eastern daylight time, a McDonnell Douglas MD-11, N611FE, operated…

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