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2009 U.S. Airways plane ditches in the Hudson River - all 155 passengers survive
2002 Paul Wellstone, Senator-D-Minnesota 1991 - 2002, died in a plane crash in Minnesota at age 58 1998 U.S. military plane clips cable car lines in northern Italy, kills 20 1997 Russian AN-24 plane crashes in Turkey, 50 die 1997 Iranian military plane crashes, killing 80 1996 Hellevi Rombin Schine, Miss Universe (1955), dies in plane crash at 64 1996 Walter Hyatt, singer, songwriter, founder, The Contenders, work includes album 'Some Unfinished Business', dies at 46 in a plane crash 1994 American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15 1994 1st Jordanian plane to fly over Israeli airspace (King Hussein pilot) 1994 Angolan plane bombs school in Waku Kungo (89 killed) 1994 Agatha Uwilingiyimana, Prime Minister of Rwanda (first female prime minister in Africa), assassinated, the day after President Habyarimana's plane was shot down, killing him and the president of Burundi 1994 United Express commuter plane crashes in Ohio, killing 5 1993 Northwest Airlink plane crashes in Minn, killing 18 1993 Davey Allisson, race car drive, dies in a plane crash at 32 1993 Zambian plane crashes at Libreville, Gabon, 30 soccer players die 1993 George Mickelson, Governor of South Dakota, and 7 others, die in a plane crash 1993 Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 1992 El Al cargo plane crashes at Amsterdam Bijlmer, 43 die 1992 Military transport plane crashes in Lagos, Nigeria killing 163 1992 Plane crash at Perris Valley Airport California, kills 16 parachutists 1991 Military transport plane crashes at Djakarta, 133 dies 1991 14 die in a Continental Express commuter plane crash near Houston 1991 John Tower, Senator-R-Texas 1961 - 1985, dies in a plane crash at 65 1991 John Heinz III, Senator-R-Pennsylvania 1977 - 1991, dies in a plane crash at age 52 1991 7 of Reba McEntire band members are killed in a plane crash 1991 7 members of Reba McIntire's band, killed in a plane crash 1990 Chinese plane explodes, about 100 die 1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 1989 Mickey Leland, Representative-D-Texas 1979 - 1989, and 15 others die in plane crash in Ethiopia 1989 Stanley David Griggs, astronaut (STS-51-D), dies plane crash at 59 1988 Mohammed Zia ul-Haq, President of Pakistan, killed in plane crash 1987 West German pilot Mathias Rust, who flew a private plane from Helsinki Finland, to Moscow's Red Square, forms trial in Russia 1987 Northwest Airlines 255 plane crashes in Detroit, 156 die (1 lives) 1987 Dean Paul Martin, musician/tennis pro, killed in plane crash at 29 1986 52 die in plane and helicopter collision over Grand Canyon 1986 Stephen D Thorne, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, dies in a plane crash at 33 1986 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan passenger plane 1985 U.S. fighter jets force Egyptian plane carrying hijackers of Italian ship Achille Lauro to land in Italy, gunmen are placed in custody 1985 Samantha Smith, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street), dies in plane at 13 1984 Iranian commandos end capture of Kuwaiti plane 1983 U.S.S.R. vetoes United Nations resolution deploring its shooting down of Korean plane 1981 General Omar Torrijos, leader of Panama, dies in plane crash 1981 Prime Minister Maurois nationalizes banks/plane/steel industry in France 1980 Italian plane crashes into Tyrrheense Sea, kills 81 1979 Thurmon Munson, New York Yankee, killed in a plane crash at Akron Oh at 32 1978 PSA Boeing 727 and a Cessna private plane collide by San Diego, 144 die 1977 14 University of Evansville basketball players die in plane crash 1977 Ronnie Van Zant, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 29 1977 Ronnie Van Zant, singer (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash 1977 Stevie Gaines, guitarist (Lynyrd Skynyrd Band), killed in plane crash 1977 Cassie Gaines, rocker (Lynyrd Skynyrd), dies in a plane crash at 28 1977 Eve Meyer, actress and pin-up model, dies in a plane crash at 46 1973 Jim Croce, vocalist (Time in a Bottle), dies in a plane crash at 30 1973 Ozark AL plane knocked out of air by lightning, St. Louis-36 die 1972 Roberto Clemente, slugger (Pitts Pirate), dies in a plane crash at 38 1972 16 plane crash survivors rescued after 70d, survived by cannabalism 1972 Uruguay to Chile plane crashes in Andes Mountain, (12 of 23 rescue) 1971 "Dan Cooper" jumps with $200,000 out of plane over Washington 1971 Audie Murphy, WW II hero/actor (Sierra), killed in plane crash at 46 1970 9 Jews are convicted in Leningrad of hijacking a plane 1970 Plane carrying Wichita State University football team crashes killing 30 1969 Peter, Paul and Mary's "Leaving on a Jet Plane" reaches #1 1969 Rocky Marciano, former heavyweight champ, dies in a plane crash at 45 1969 PLO-attack El-Al plane in Zurich Switzerland 1968 Arab terrorists in Athens fire on El Al plane, kills 1 1968 PLO's 1st hijacking of an El Al plane 1968 Yuri Gagarin, 1st man to orbit Earth, and Seryogin, in plane crash at 34 1968 USAF displays Lockheed C-5A Galaxy, biggest plane in the world 1967 Carl Cunningham, rocker (Bar-kays), killed in a plane crash 1967 Jimmy King, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash 1967 Otis Redding, singer (Dock of Bay), dies in plane crash at 26 1967 Phalin Jones, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in plane crash 1967 Ron Caldwell, rocker (Bar-kays), dies in a plane crash 1967 June Thorburn, actress (Tom Thumb), dies in plane crash at 36 1964 U.S. reconnaissance plane shot down over East Germany 1964 Ken Hubbs, 2nd baseman for the Chicago Cubs, dies in plane crash at 22 1963 Patsy Cline, country singer (Crazy), dies in a plane crash at 30 1961 Beginning of a trend, a U.S. commercial plane is hijacked to Cuba 1960 Disaster on U.S.S.R. (Baikonoer) launch pad, kills missile expert Nedelin and team (165 die-unconfirmed); U.S.S.R. claims killed in plane crash 1960 16 California Poly football team members die in plane crash in Toledo 1960 U.S.S.R. shoots down U.S. RB-47 reconnaissance plane 1960 Arnon Ohad, co-pilot, El Al, plane that crashed on Bijlmer Amsterdam 1960 Russia shoots down Francis Gary Powers in a U-2 spy plane 1959 1st phone call between auto and plane 1959 Big Bopper, rocker, dies in plane crash at 28 1959 Buddy Holly, rocker (That'll be the Day), dies in a plane crash at 22 1959 Richie Valens, rock vocalist (Donna), killed in plane crash at 17 1957 Ramon Magsaysay, president of Philipines dies in a plane crash 1956 France intercept Moroccan plane, arrest Ben Bella 1956 Milburn Apt, in X-2 rocket plane reaches 3370 kph, but, dies in crash 1956 Bell X-2 rocket plane sets world aircraft speed record of 3,050 kph 1955 Bell X-2 rocket plane taken up for 1st powered flight 1955 Bulgaria shoots down a plane heading for Israel (58 die) 1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1955 U.S. air patrol plane shot down above Bering sea 1954 U.S. spy plane shot down North of Japan 1954 U.S. plane shot down above Siberia 1954 1st coml jet transport plane built in U.S. tested (Boeing 707) 1954 Arthur Murray flies X-1A rocket plane to record 27,000 m 1954 Julie Carmen, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Gloria, Last Plane Out 1953 Chuck Yeager reaches Mach 2.43 in Bell X-1A rocket plane 1953 Baseball star/pilot Ted Williams uninjured as plane shot down in Korea 1950 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Canada CF-100 military plane 1949 USAF plane began 1st nonstop around-the-world flight 1948 Operation Magic Carpet - 1st plane from Yemen carrying Jews to Israel 1948 Wright Flyer, 1st plane to fly, returns to U.S. from England 1947 1st telephone conversation between a moving car and a plane 1947 1st 4 engine jet propelled fighter plane tested, Columbus, Oh 1947 1st plane (F-80) to exceed 600 mph (1004 kph)-Albert Boyd, Muroc Ca 1946 Army rocket plane XS-1 makes 1st powered flight 1946 Military plane crashes at Christian HBS, 24 die 1944 During WW II, George Bush ejects from a burning plane 1944 1st B-29 bombing raid; 1 plane lost due to engine failure 1943 Lt Charles Hall, becomes 1st black pilot to shoot down Nazi plane 1943 Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days 1943 Leslie Howard, actor (Romeo and Juliet), Nazis shot down his plane at 50 1943 German plane sinks boat loaded with Palestinian Jews bound for Malta 1943 Herve Villechaize, France, "Da Plane! Da Plane!", Fantasy Island 1942 1st combat flight for Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1942 Carole Lombard, actress, (Bolero), and mom killed in plane crash at 32 1941 D Sjostakovitch plane evacuated in Moscow 1941 Maiden flight by Canada's Avro Lancaster military plane 1940 Green Bay Packers become 1st NFL team to travel by plane 1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan) 1940 British search plane finds German Altmark off Norway 1939 1st jet plane, Heinkel He 178, demonstrated to German Air Ministry 1939 Ernst Heinkel demonstrates 800-kph rocket plane to Hitler 1939 Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde 1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe 1939 Test flight of 1st rocket plane using liquid propellants 1935 1st commercial crossing of Pacific by plane (China Clipper) 1935 Maiden flight by Canada's Hawker Hurricane military plane 1935 Millionaire Howard Hughes flies his own designed plane at 352.46 mph 1935 Wiley Post, aviation pioneer, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 36 1935 Will Rogers, humoprist, killed in plane crash in Alaska at 55 1934 1st airplane train, plane tows 3 mail gliders behind it 1931 Knute Rockne, football player and coach, dies in a plane crash at 43 1929 1st manned rocket plane flight (by auto maker Fritz von Opel) 1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Newfoundland to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) 1918 Douglas Campbell is 1st U.S. ace pilot (shooting down 5th German plane) 1914 German plane drops bombs on Dover England 1914 1st German plane bombs above Paris, 2 killed 1912 U.S. Army tests 1st machine gun mounted on a plane 1911 1st shipboard landing of a plane (Tanforan Park to USS Pennsylvania) 1909 Wright Brothers deliver 1st military plane to the army 1907 France's Henry Farman flies 30m in a double decker plane 1905 Tommy Dorsey, Mahanoy Plane, Pennsylvania, orchestra leader, Stage Show, Mahogany 1891 Alfred Plane, U.S. sharp shooter, Gold Medal 1912, 1920 Olympics |
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