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Colgan Air Flight 3407. / 43.0116; -78.6391. Colgan Air Flight 3407 (marketed as Continental Connection Flight 3407) was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, US to Buffalo, New York, US on February 12, 2009. Colgan Air staffed and maintained the aircraft used on the flight that was scheduled, marketed, and sold by Continental ...
85. Survivors. 0. Paradise Airlines Flight 901A was a scheduled passenger flight from San Jose Municipal Airport to Tahoe Valley Airport, both within California, USA. On March 1, 1964, the Lockheed L-049 Constellation serving the flight crashed near Genoa Peak, on the eastern side of Lake Tahoe during a heavy snowstorm, killing all 85 aboard.
San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN, FAA LID: SAN) is an international airport serving San Diego, California, United States. The airport is located three miles (4.8 km; 2.6 nmi) northwest of downtown San Diego. It covers 663 acres (268 ha) of land and is ranked the third busiest airport in California in terms of passenger ...
September 24, 1943. Consolidated Commodore NC668M stalled and crashed in Biscayne Bay during a test flight, killing one of three on board. The elevator controls were locked. [ 8] April 6, 1944. Pilgrim 100B NC742N crashed 10 miles east of Nome, Alaska due to pilot error, killing all six on board. August 8, 1944.
The airplane immediately exploded, killing all 29 on board. This was the first and only fatal crash for the airline. Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 crashed near Reno-Cannon International Airport about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from the end of the runway and burst into flames on January 21, 1985. Of the 71 passengers and crew, the only survivor was a 17 ...
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 was a scheduled flight along the West Coast of the United States, from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco. On December 7, 1987, the British Aerospace 146-200A, registration N350PS, crashed in San Luis Obispo County near Cayucos, [ 3][ 4] after being hijacked by a passenger.
Alaska Airlines Flight 261 was an Alaska Airlines flight of a McDonnell Douglas MD-80 series aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean on January 31, 2000, roughly 2.7 miles (4.3 km; 2.3 nmi) north of Anacapa Island, California, following a catastrophic loss of pitch control, killing all 88 on board: two pilots, three flight attendants, and 83 passengers.
74 (estimated) On January 31, 1957, a Douglas DC-7B operated by Douglas Aircraft Company was involved in a mid-air collision with a United States Air Force Northrop F-89 Scorpion and crashed into the schoolyard of Pacoima Junior High School located in Pacoima, a suburban area in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles, California. [ 1][ 2][ 3]