Swiss Air Flight 111
Charki Dadri Mid-Air Collision. Saudia Arabian Airlines crashed in air with Air Kazakhasthan at 14,000 feet over the Indian village of Charkhi Dadri in the state of Haryana
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Air Crash Investigation: DC10: American Airlines, Turkish Airlines
A design flaw in the DC-10 aircraft dooms a Turkish Airlines flight outside of Paris, with over 300 deaths. A defect in the closing mechanism for the cargo door caused it to open in flight, depressurizing the plane and causing the crash. The defect had been discovered earlier in an American Airlines DC-10, which made an emergency landing in Detroit, but no airworthiness directive was issued, and lack of clear communication led to the fatal Turkish Airlines flight.
TWA crash in 1996
After flying into a major rain and hailstorm and losing both engines, a DC-9 crashes in New Hope, GA after the pilots attempt a landing on a highway. Investigation focuses on why the DC-9 engines, which were designed to survive water ingestion, would have failed and been impossible to restart.
British Airways Flight 9 experiences views of St. Elmo's fire on the plane along with smoke smelling like sulphur in the cabin. Suddenly, all engines on the B-747-236 start flaming. Then, they flame out. "This is Speedbird 9. All 4 engines have failed!" the pilot shouts on the radio. With 263 people in the balance, Flight 9 starts falling. But minutes before its fate in the ocean, the engines restart again. British Airways Flight 9 makes an emergency landing at Jakarta. The plane has been well sandblasted. Flight 9 becomes famous. The pilot is welcomed as a hero. A survivor writes a book about the flight called "All Four Engines Have Failed!".
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