Follow Live cover an outdoor collision between a passenger plane and a military helicopter in Washington DC
An American airline jet with 60 passengers and four crew members on board collided Wednesday with an army helicopter When they arrived for an landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington and several people were killed.
The fatal accidents of commercial aircraft in the United States have become a rarity. The deadliest recent accident was in 2009 near Buffalo, New York. The 45 passengers and the four crew members were killed when the propeller plane of the DHC-8 Bombardier crashed into a house. A person in the field was also killed.
The collision Wednesday From the Bombardier CRJ-701, an engine plane and a blackhawk UH-60 occurred on the Potomac river and the plane fell into the water. In 1982, an air of Air Florida crashed into the Potomac and killed 78.
Here are some of the accidents of the deadliest commercial aircraft in the United States since the Air Florida disaster according to reports from the National Transportation Safety Board:
(Asterisk) February. 12, 2009: a Colgan Air plane crashed near Buffalo, New York, killing everyone aboard the Bombardier DHC-8 propeller, 45 passengers, two pilots and two on-board agents . Another person in the field is also died, bringing the total number of deaths to 50.
(Asterisk) August. 27, 2006: A Comair plane crashed during takeoff in Lexington, Kentucky, after leaving the bad track and got rid of the end. Two crew members and 47 passengers were killed.
(Asterisque) Nov. 12, 2001: just after takeoff, an American Airlines flight crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York. The 260 people aboard the plane were killed.
(Astérisque) Sept. 11, 2001: Nearly 3,000 people were killed as 19 Air Pirates from Al-Qaida took control of four line planes, sending two of the planes to the World Trade Center in New York , a third in the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, and the fourth in an area in the field of the order of Western Pennsylvania. There remains the deadliest terrorist attack in history.
(asterisk) Jan. 31, 2000: an Alaska Airlines flight crashed into the Pacific Ocean near the island of Anacapa, California. The accident killed 83 passengers and five crew members.
(Asterisk) July 17, 1996: A Trans World Airlines crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Moraches, New York, on the way to Paris, in France. The 230 people on board were killed and the plane was destroyed.
(Asterisk) May 11, 1996: A Valujet Airlines flight crashed into the Everglades about 10 minutes after takeoff from Miami International Airport. The accident killed the 105 passengers and five crew members.
(Asterisque) Oct. 31, 1994: an American Eagle flight to Roselawn, Indiana, crashed, killing 64 passengers and four crew members.
(Asterisque) Sept. 8, 1994: An Usair flight crashed while he was trying to land in Pittsburgh. He killed 127 passengers and five crew members. The plane was destroyed by impact and fire.
(Asterisk) July 19, 1989: A United Airlines flight experienced an engine failure and crashed while trying to land in Sioux City, Iowa, killing 110 passengers and a crew member.
(Asterisk) August. 16, 1987: A flight from Northwest Airlines crashed just after taking off in Romulus, Michigan, with striking light posts, a rental car installation and on the ground. The accident killed 148 passengers and six crew members.
(Asterisk) August. 2, 1985: A Delta Air Lines flight crashed as the landing at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport approaches during a thunderstorm. He hit a car and two water tanks and killed 134 passengers and crew members.
(Asterisk) July 9, 1982: a Pan American flight in World Airways crashed just after takeoff near New Orleans, Louisiana, and collided with trees and houses, killing 145 people on board.
(asterisk) Jan. 13, 1982: An Air Florida flight fell in the Potomac, killing 70 passengers and four crew members. This crash was attributed to bad weather.
