"One of the last things I remember hearing was my mother saying 'we're going to crash," said 54-year-old Andy Godfrey, blinking back tears. The private plane went down in a storm on a Colorado peak southeast of Kremmling. The pilot died. So did the boys' parents and two older sibli...
1974 Turkish Airlines Flight 981 Crash Date:March 3, 1974 Cause:Mechanical failure Deaths:346 On a route from Istanbul to Western Europe, Turkish Airlines Flight 981 suffered a catastrophic mechanical failure that resulted in the aircraft crashing into the forest in Ermenonville, France. An imprope...
20 November 1974; Lufthansa 747-100; Nairobi, Kenya: The aircraft was not properly configured for takeoff and stalled shortly after becoming airborne, crashing about 3600 feet (1100 meters) beyond the end of the runway. The crash killed 55 of the 140 passengers and 4 of the 17 crew. ...
in a Michigan pot-smuggling scheme. Worst of all, ex-lawyer Harry Shelor, who had served as an investigator, drew a death sentence for murdering a state trooper who discovered his Kentucky pot patch. Another weird twist happened a year after the crash, when lawyer Jon Duncan came to a Mo...
One of the four who did pay the small fortune of $3000 for a ticket was one Frederick Gilfillan, an American financier who had a plane crash and two shipwrecks under his belt (Rose 295). To add to the foreboding, the weather reports were bleak. Storms and strong winds pervaded most ...
Another aircraft would crash in June. A notice was put out to modify all Overstrands by reinforcing the nose to reduce vibration. Overstrands would once again appear at the Hendon Air Display, however, this would be the last year it was held. An Overstrand would perform a mid-air refuel ...
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‘Iron’ Mike McCord — was badly injured inthe 1974 plane crashthat killed Bobby Shane, crippled Southern legend Buddy Colt and nearly cost legendary manager Gary Hart his life. Perhaps as a result of this, Austin Idol never lost sight of the fact that he was in the wrestling business for...
More about this crash Garuda plane crashes 15 November 1987; Continental DC9-14; Flight 1713; Denver, CO: The aircraft was on a scheduled domestic flight from Denver, CO to Boise, ID and crashed shortly after takeoff in icy conditions. Ice had been allowed to accumulate on the the upper...
More about this crash Garuda plane crashes 21 December 1999; Cubana DC10-30; Guatemala City, Guatemala: The aircraft overran the wet runway and came to rest in a residential neighborhood adjacent to the airport. Eight of the 18 crew members and nine of the 296 passengers were killed. Nine ...