The pilots failed Agree_or_refuse_to_act to switch Change_tool on the engines ' internal ice protection systems , used Using reverse thrust in a snowstorm prior to takeoff Self_motion , tried to use Using the jet exhaust of a plane in front of them to melt their ice , and failed Earnings_and_losses to abort Process_end the takeoff Motion even after detecting Check a power problem while taxiing and seeing Perception_active ice and snow buildup Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale on the wings .

The plane , a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 , registration HK-4374X , was en route from Tocumen International Airport ( PTY ) in Panama City , Panama to Martinique Aimé Césaire International Airport ( FDF ) in Fort-de-France , Martinique , France .

The 2006 New York City plane crash Catastrophe occurred Coming_to_be on October 11 , 2006 , when a Cirrus SR20 general aviation , fixed-wing , single-engine light aircraft crashed Catastrophe into the Belaire Apartments in the Upper East Side of Manhattan , New York City , at about 2:42 p.m. EDT ( 18:42 UTC ) .

On 28 January 1948 , a DC-3 plane carrying Sending 32 persons , mostly Mexican farm laborers , including some from the bracero guest worker program , crashed Catastrophe in the Diablo Range , 20 miles west of Coalinga , California .

The crash Catastrophe , which killed Killing everyone aboard the plane , inspired Influence the song `` Deportee '' by Woody Guthrie .

The plane was on its way from Amsterdam to Tel Aviv via Zurich , and was due Causation to take off at Zurich International Airport .

The plane was severely damaged Damaging .

A greater disaster Catastrophe was averted Preventing_or_letting when Mordechai Rahamim , an undercover Israeli security agent stationed Placing on the plane , opened Openness fire at the attackers Attack and killed Killing the terrorist Terrorism leader .

The lone survivor , Wong Yu ( ) , confessed Reveal_secret to membership of the gang of four pirates who attempted the hijacking Committing_crime ( then simply labelled Labeling `` piracy '' ) , met fierce resistance during which the pilot was shot Use_firearm , but survived by jumping Self_motion out the emergency exit just before the plane hit Attack the water .

He was brought Bringing to court by the Macau police , but the Macau court suggested Convincing that the prosecution Legality should be brought in Bringing Hong Kong instead , since the plane was registered Recording in Hong Kong and most of the passengers were from there .

The hijackers demanded Request the release Releasing of 700 Shi'ite Muslims from Israeli custody and took Conquering the plane repeatedly to Beirut and Algiers .

This was the last message sent Sending by the flight crew ; three minutes later , the plane entered Arriving an area of severe turbulence , lost Earnings_and_losses control , and entered Arriving a steep descent .

It is believed Know that the craft reached Arriving an airspeed of 335 knots , fully 15 percent more than the Viscount 's never-exceed speed , and about 5 percent in excess of the maximum speed demonstrated Protest when the plane was certified Check .

The separation caused Causation the plane to pitch Motion violently downward ; the gyroscopic loads combined Cause_to_amalgamate with inertia to cause Causation all four engine nacelles to break Destroying upward .

The cause Causation of the accident was determined Deciding to be a loss of control of the plane in turbulence , resulting in an involuntary steep descent Motion_directional which created Creating aerodynamic loads in excess of those for which the craft had been designed Create_artwork .

No radio reports Reporting of any emergencies were ever received Receiving from the crew of the flight , and the fate of the flight was not known until about nine hours after its last known radio transmission , when the plane , if it had still been flying , would have exhausted Expend_resource its fuel .

Under the assumption that the plane could have survived a controlled landing on the ocean surface , the Coast Guard launched Motion a massive search Scouring for the plane and any potential survivors .

Under the assumption that the plane could have survived a controlled landing on the ocean surface , the Coast Guard launched Motion a massive search Scouring for the plane and any potential survivors .

The bodies of 19 of the victims and pieces of the plane were eventually recovered Recovering from the ocean about northeast of Honolulu .

Despite some theories that the plane may have been the victim of sabotage , poor maintenance , or in-flight fire , investigators could not find Know enough evidence to support Supporting any definite conclusion .

It was the first plane hijacking Committing_crime to take place Process_start in Norway ; there were no deaths Death and no injuries Bodily_harm .

The plane landed Motion at 15:30 at Fornebu and was surrounded Surrounding by the police .

He drank Ingestion throughout the incident , and at 17:30 , after he consumed Ingestion the plane 's beer supply , he surrendered Surrendering his weapon in exchange Exchange for more beer .

The plane was immediately stormed Attack and Huseby arrested Arrest .

The board blamed Judgment_communication Watson 's inexperience , and criticised Judgment_communication his commanders for the radio problems with his plane .

At the time , Flight 981 was the deadliest plane crash in aviation history until 27 March 1977 , when 583 people perished Death in the collision of two Boeing 747s in Tenerife .

The crash occurred Coming_to_be when an incorrectly secured cargo door at the rear of the plane burst open Openness and broke Destroying off , causing Causation an explosive decompression that severed Destroying critical cables necessary to control Control the aircraft .

The accident was the second deadliest plane crash Motion in Thailand , behind Lauda Air Flight 004 .

After demanding Request that the plane be redirected to Singapore , Hildebrandt fired Use_firearm a shot , which went through the aircraft ceiling , narrowly missing Bennett who punched Bodily_harm Hildebrandt and pulled Motion the wires from his hand and disabled Destroying the bomb .

The code name of the plane `` Argo 16 '' , was named Name_conferral for the giant mythological all-seeing Argus Panoptes .

As the plane came Motion in on final approach Arriving , fog started Process_start to settle in and blocked view Perception_active of the runway , and the approach Arriving controller informed Telling the crew that visibility was below minimal .

The plane was damaged Damaging and could not gain Getting altitude , causing Causation it to crash Catastrophe in the Los Rodeos gorge besides the runway .

The plane was heading Motion for the northern state of Sokoto .

Major Tariq Rahim 's body was thrown Body_movement from the plane on the tarmac where he bled Death to death .

Al-Zulfiqar and PSF activist Salamullah Tipu along with three other PSF militants hijacked Committing_crime the plane .

The plane was first forced to land Motion at Kabul airport , and was then flown Motion to Damascus .

Zia-ul-Haq hesitated and Tipu shot Use_firearm dead Captain Tariq Rahim , whom he mistakenly believed to be the son of then-martial law administrator General Rahimuddin Khan on the plane accusing Judgment_communication him of being a part of Zia 's coup against Bhutto .

Two PFLP hijackers who were prevented Preventing_or_letting from boarding the El Al flight , hijacked Committing_crime instead Pan Am Flight 93 , a Boeing 747 , diverting the large plane first to Beirut and then to Cairo , rather than to the small Jordanian airstrip .

On 9 September , a fifth plane , BOAC Flight 775 , a Vickers VC10 coming from Bahrain , was hijacked Kidnapping by a PFLP sympathizer and taken Conquering to Dawson 's Field in order to pressure Convincing the British to free Khaled .

Unknown to the hijackers , several passengers and crew aboard made Action phone calls from the plane to family members and provided Supply information about the hijackers and injuries Bodily_harm suffered by passengers and crew .

After the hijackers took control of the plane , several passengers and flight attendants learned from phone calls that suicide attacks had already been made by hijacked airliners on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington County , Virginia .

During the struggle , the plane crashed Catastrophe into a field near a reclaimed strip mine in Stonycreek Township , near Indian Lake and Shanksville , about southeast of Pittsburgh and northwest of Washington , D.C. A few people witnessed Know the impact from the ground , and news agencies began Process_start reporting the event within an hour .

vice president dick cheney , in the presidential emergency operations center deep under the white house , authorized Preventing_or_letting flight 93 to be shot down ; upon learning of the crash , he is reported to have said , `` i think an act of heroism just took place on that plane . ''

U.S. jet fighter aircraft followed Motion the plane until it reached Arriving Cuban airspace .

At that time , most of Afghanistan , including Kandahar where the plane landed Motion , was under Taliban control Control .

Aaliyah was an American singer and actress who died Death in a plane crash on August 25 , 2001 , at the Marsh Harbour Airport on the Abaco Islands , Bahamas .

In addition to Aaliyah , eight other people were killed Killing in the plane crash Catastrophe .

The plane was returning Arriving from Brussels , had a mid-way landing in Berlin from where it took off Departing at 5:55 pm .

46 seconds later the plane crashed Catastrophe and burned Bodily_harm 1335 meters from the threshold .

All 33 people aboard died Death – the crew of 5 and 28 passengers ; among whom were : The Chief Committee of Aircraft Accident Investigation stated Statement that at the time of the accident the plane was configured Hold for landing ( flaps set and landing gear lowered Cause_change_of_position_on_a_scale ) .