american airlines crash in jamaica
A rudder malfunction caused this American Airlines Boeing 707 to crash into Jamaica Bay shortly after taking off from Idlewild Airport. [1]
There are 16 crash records for American Airlines in our database. [2]
March 1, 1962, was the first sunny day in New York in weeks. [3]
Something I’ve noticed about the plane crash in Queens- ALL the first eye (and ear)-witnesses said they “heard an explosion” (some thought it was the Concord) and then the explosion when the plane hit the ground. [4]
NEW YORK (CNN) — Investigators suspect a catastrophic engine event as the likely cause of an airline crash Monday in New York that likley claimed the lives of everyone on board, a Transportation Department official told CNN. [5]
On Sunday night, the crash was the centerpiece of an episode of “Mad Men,” the series on the AMC network that is set in the 1960s and explores the lives and loves of the staff at the Sterling Cooper Agency. [3]
Investigators have not definitively ruled out terrorism in the crash American Airlines flight 587, but think some sort of engine failure caused the disaster, the official said. [5]
The wreckage of American Airlines 1 in Jamaica Bay after it crashed near Idlewild Airport on March 1, 1962, killing 87 passengers and eight crew members. [3]
A number of notable people lost their lives in the crash, including oilman W. Alton Jones; Admiral Richard Lansing Conolly, president of Long Island University; and Arnold Kirkeby, realtor. [6]
The FBI has a VIDEO TAPE of this plane exploding in mid air and refuses to release it to the public. [4]
The New York Fire Department dispatched 44 fire trucks and 200 firefighters to the scene of the plane crash in Queens. [5]
Several factors, such as the date, aircraft size, airline, and location in New York, raised concerns that the crash was caused by another terrorist attack. [7]
American Airlines FLIGHT 587 A-300 Airbus crashed just outside New York’s JFK airport. [4]
On Feb. 3, 1959, American Flight 320 crashed into the East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board. [3]
Nonetheless, terrorism was officially ruled out as the cause by the National Transportation Safety Board, which instead attributed the disaster to the first officer’s overuse of rudder controls. [7]
Sources:
[1] 03/01/1962
[2] Accident Database: Airline Crash Details > American Airlines
[3] Reliving a 1962 Crash on Mad Men’ - City Room Blog - NYTimes.com
[4] Crash of American Airlines Flight 587 was TERRORISM
[5] CNN.com - Feds eye engines in air crash - November 12, 2001
[6] American Airlines Flight 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[7] American Airlines Flight 587 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia