Five airplane crashes in August--Air France in Toronto, Helios Airways near Athens, West Caribbean Airways in Venezuela, Tuninter ATR off the coast of Sicily and TANS Airlines in Peru--made it the worst month for aircraft losses since 2002, according to Aon Corp. Of the more than $170 mi...
New York family plans to sue Boeing for deadly Peru airplane crash
Additionally, and more worrying to U.S. officials, two different groups of hijackers,one in 1971andanother in 1972, threatened to crash planes into nuclear power plants. Cooper inspires copycats Amid this dramatic rise in the number of hijackings, on November 24, 1971, a man known to...
Three gymnastsand one coach perished in the 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash on March 27. United States Figure Skating Team OnFebruary 15, 1961, all18 skaters, coaches, and judges perished during their flight. Cuban National Fencing Team ...
hijacking- robbery of a traveller or vehicle in transit or seizing control of a vehicle by the use of force highjacking robbery- larceny by threat of violence buccaneering,piracy- hijacking on the high seas or in similar contexts; taking a ship or plane away from the control of those who ...
AERIAL TRACKING SHOT OF SMALL PRIVATE PROPELLER AIRPLANE LANDING AND TAKING OFF FROM SMALL RURAL AIRPORT RUNWAY. WILDERNESS, MOUNTAINS, HILLS AND FIELDS. COULD BE EMERGENCY OR CRASH LANDING. 00:14 TRACKING SHOT OF PROPELLER AIRPLANE FLYING OVERHEAD IN SKY. C-130 HERCULES CARGO PLANE ...
years of experience in complex civil litigation, personal injury, product liability, and professional malpractice. He has successfully represented large plaintiff classes and handled multimillion-dollar cases, including high-profile litigation such as the AeroPeru airplane crash and a Ponzi scheme ...
P.1081 with swept tailplanes and revised fuselage, with a single jet exhaust at the rear. First flying on 19 June 1950, the P.1081 was promising enough to draw interest from the Royal Australian Air Force but development went no further and the sole prototype was lost in a crash in ...
pilot training and/or the accommodation of up to eight passengers. In the first few months of 1919, most of these converted aircraft continued to fly (and sometimes crash) in military markings, then the survivors were repainted with civilian registrations and commercial titles. In May 1919, joy...
Three gymnasts and one coach perished in the 1978 Balkan Bulgarian Tupolev Tu-134 crash on March 27. United States Figure Skating Team On February 15, 1961, all 18 skaters, coaches, and judges perished during their flight. Cuban National Fencing Team All 24 members of the team, trainers, an...