PROBABLE CAUSE: "A forging fold that was introduced during the manufacture of the right main landing, which resulted in a fatigue crack in the right main landing gear cylinder, and its subsequent failure during landing." The flight was cleared for a visual approach to runway 17C.

On the flight from Sao Paulo to Campo Grande, the aircraft crashed in a farm field. It appears that there has been a major fuel leak. None of the passengers and crew aboard were seriously injured. The only victim was a cow that was run-over.

May 23, 2001: The right main landing gear of American Airlines Flight 1107, a Fokker 100, collapsed upon landing on Runway 17C at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport after a scheduled flight from Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

Excerpt containing Accident Board Findings (Text extracted from the printed English translation.) 1. Facts. The pilot was experienced, with 2,392:00 h on F-100 aircrafts. The copilot was newly graduated, having a total of 230:00 h on such model of aircraft. J.

1 day ago · The crash killed 83 passengers and five crew members. July 17, 1996 A Trans World Airlines flight crashed in the Atlantic Ocean near East Moriches, New York, on its way to Paris, France.

This is a list of fatal commercial aviation accidents and incidents in or in the vicinity of the United States or its territories. It comprises a subset of both the list of accidents and incidents involving airliners in the United States and the list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft. It does not include fatalities due to accidents and incidents solely involving private ...

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3 hours ago · United Airlines Flight 175 and American Airlines Flight 11 departed from Boston en route to California before hijackers crashed them into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center in ...

Jan 16, 2009 · Federal investigators are pursuing early indications that the US Airways jet that crash-landed in the Hudson River was struck by geese shortly after taking off a type of collision that has caused...

On July 16, 1999, John F. Kennedy Jr. died when the light aircraft he was piloting crashed into the Atlantic Ocean off Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. Kennedy's wife, Carolyn Bessette, and sister-in-law, Lauren Bessette, were also on board and died.