The most fatal plane crashes from US history

The accident of January 29 American Eagle Flight 5342Who killed 67 people after colliding with a military helicopter over Washington, the Potomac River, broke a series of almost 16 years in which the US did not have deadly plane collapses. Despite this, the country has a long history of plane accidents, which leads to many victims. This list does not include terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, which were a deliberate act of violence.

American Airlines Flight 191

American Airlines Flight 191 left Chicago on May 25, 1979. Moments after take -off, “the left engine and the structure ensemble separated from the wing and traveled over the wing,” said The Wing, “said Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The engine that also fell cut the hydraulic lines that “caused a loss of hydraulic pressure”, which eventually led to an “uncontrollable left rolling and loss of aircraft control.”

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American Airlines Flight 587 came out of exit John F. Kennedy International Airport on New York, on November 12, 2001, when he collapsed in a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after take -off, said front. All 260 on board died, as well as five people on the field. The accident was “the result of the flight separation of the vertical stabilizer and the subsequent loss of control”.

The recent American accident Eagle has meant memories of Air Florida Flight 90, another fatal accident involving the Potomac River. While the flight was leaving Washington, DC from Reagan National Airport On January 13, 1982, he collapsed in the 14th Street bridge in the center of Washington, DC and plunged into the frozen waters of Potomac, ”said ABC News. The plane took off “despite the dangerous conditions of the blizzard” at that time.