/u/Quaternary23's posts in /r/aircrashinvestigation
OTD in 2005, Air France Flight 358 (F-GLZQ) an Airbus A340-300 overruns the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport & crashes into Etobicoke Creek. All 309 passengers and crew survive (with 43 being injured, 12 seriously).
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OTD in 2016, Emirates Flight 521 (A6-EMW) a Boeing 777-300 crashes while attempting to land at Dubai International Airport after a go around. All 300 passengers and crew survived the incident (a firefighter was killed by a center fuel tank explosion).
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OTD in 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 (N726DA) a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar hits a car & collides with two water tanks after encountering a microburst while on approach to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. 136 of the 163 passengers & crew are killed along with one of the two people in the car.
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OTD in 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266 (HS-PGL) an ATR-72-500 skids off the runway while landing at Samui International Airport in Thailand & crashes into an old & unmanned control tower. Out of the 72 passengers & crew, 71 survive (41 are however injured & the sole fatality is one of the pilots).
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OTD in 1997, Fine Air Flight 101 (N27UA) a DC-8-61F crashes after taking off from Miami International Airport. All four crew members and a person on the ground are killed. 2 people on the ground are injured.
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OTD in 2020, Air India Express Flight 1344 (VT-AXH) a Boeing 737-800 aborts two landing attempts but skids off of the end of the tabletop runway & slides down a 9–10.5 m (30–35 ft) slope, killing 19 passengers and both pilots. 169 passengers and crew however survive. 167 of them are injured.
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OTD in 1975, a chartered Royal Jordanian (on behalf of Royal Air Maroc) Boeing 707-300 (JY-AEE) crashes into a mountain while on approach to Agadir Inezgane Airport in Morocco. All 188 passengers and crew are killed.
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OTD in 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 (HL7468) a Boeing 747-300 crashes on Bijia Peak, south of Nimitz Hill, in Asan-Maina, Guam, while on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.
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OTD in 1966, Braniff International Airways Flight 250 (N1553) a BAC 1-11-203AE crashes near Falls City Nebraska while en route to Omaha Eppley Airfield. All 42 passengers and crew are killed.
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