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16 maj 2011 · Harrowing stories of tragedy and triumph are brought to life through official reports, transcripts and interviews with the pilots, air traffic controllers and lucky survivors of history's most terrifying crashes.
22 sty 2020 · Season 1. S01E01 Invisible Killer. May 15, 2011. Smithsonian Channel. A landing goes wrong when Delta Airlines Flight 191 is hit by an invisible force. S01E02 Gimli Glider. May 22, 2011. Smithsonian Channel. A pilot heads for a decommissioned air force base when the 767 he is flying runs out of fuel. S01E03 Behind Closed Doors. May 29, 2011.
The aircraft struck the ocean belly-first at a speed of 152 knots (282 km/h; 175 mph), comprising vertical and horizontal components of 108 knots (200 km/h; 124 mph) and 107 knots (198 km/h; 123 mph), respectively. All 228 passengers and crew on board died on impact from extreme trauma and the aircraft was destroyed. [88] [2] [86]
4 wrz 2003 · On February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 is flying above the Pacific Ocean, when part of the right-side fuselage is ripped off, ejecting nine people from the aircraft and causing explosive decompression.
28 lip 2010 · 30 June: A Yemeni passenger plane, an Airbus 310, crashes in the Indian Ocean near the Comoros archipelago. Only one of the 153 people on board survives.
12 maj 2021 · Twelve years after an Air France Airbus plane crashed into the Atlantic killing 228 people, a court has ruled that the airline and manufacturer should go on trial for involuntary...
July 3 – In the 1968 BKS Air Transport Heathrow crash, an Airspeed Ambassador freight aircraft experienced metal fatigue and crashed while landing, striking two unoccupied British European Airways airliners. Six of the freighter's crew of eight are killed, as are eight racehorses being transported.
