Historical Events tagged with "americanairlines"
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Accidents & Tragedies
American Airlines Flight 587 Crash in NYC
November 12th, 2001 23 years ago
American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, en route to the Dominican Republic. The aircraft lost altitude and went down in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens. All 260 passengers and crew on board perished, along with five individuals on the ground. The cause was later determined to be pilot error, exacerbated by wake turbulence from a preceding Airbus A380.
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