Search results
February 10, 1944: American Airlines Flight 2, a DC-3 routing Little Rock, Arkansas-Memphis crashed into the Mississippi River about 18.1 miles (29.1 km) from Memphis International Airport. All 24 occupants on board (21 passengers and three crew members) were killed; 11 of the fatalities were members of the armed services.
26 maj 2019 · Four decades ago Saturday, American Airlines Flight 191 crashed into a grassy field just seconds after takeoff from O’Hare, becoming the deadliest U.S. air disaster until 9/11.
Accident. Crash site of American Airlines Flight 191. On the accident flight, during the takeoff rotation, the number-one engine and its pylon assembly separated from the left wing, ripping away a 3-foot (1 m) section of the leading edge with it.
22 cze 2024 · American Airlines Flight 191 was the deadliest aviation accident in United States history, claiming a total of 273 lives: 13 crew members, 258 passengers, and two people on the ground. The plane, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, had been in operation for about seven years, with just around 20,000 miles logged in flight.
25 maj 2024 · In memory of the 273 people lost in the crash of American Airlines Flight 191, pause for 31 seconds today at 3:04 pm. That marks the amount of time 44 years ago that the aircraft was in the air. The AA191 Memorial is on the NW corner of Lee & Touhy, not far from the crash site.
23 maj 2024 · In an instant several immediate families were gone. Forty-five years later, Flight 191 remains the deadliest passenger airline accident on U.S. soil. The victims were a cross-section of...
One of the victims, Hilda Yolanda Mayol, had previously survived the September 11 attacks, having escaped from the North Tower of the World Trade Center. Another victim of the crash was Ashot Melikjanyan who was a Soviet Armenian former actor who later became a naturalized American citizen. [citation needed]
