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Delta Air Lines Flight 1288 was a regularly scheduled flight from Pensacola, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia.On July 6, 1996, the aircraft serving the flight, a McDonnell Douglas MD-88, was on takeoff roll from Runway 17 at Pensacola when it experienced an uncontained, catastrophic turbine engine failure that caused debris from the front compressor hub of the left engine to penetrate the left aft ...
Adventure, August 2016. Adventure is a replica of a ketch, a popular style of 17th-century cargo vessel. Similar ships carried commercial goods, foodstuffs, and even livestock between New York, Barbados, and everywhere in between.
The aircraft was a Boeing 727-200 Advanced, MSN 20750, registered as N473DA [5], a three-engine narrow-body jet aircraft.It was delivered to Delta Air Lines in November 1973, and was the 992nd Boeing 727 to be manufactured.
Talisay Landing was an Allied amphibious landing in the island of Cebu, Philippines on 26 March 1945 during World War II. [1] The landing was part of Operation Victor II , an Allied military campaign to liberate the islands of Cebu, Bohol , and Negros from the Japanese forces.
For his skill in landing the crippled aircraft, the captain, Jack McMahan, was awarded the FAA's Distinguished Service Award. [2] The aircraft was repaired and continued to fly for Delta until 1985. It was subsequently sold to American Trans Air, where it was registered with the tail number "N187AT". The aircraft was scrapped in 2002. [7]
Delta Air Lines Flight 89 was a scheduled flight from Los Angeles International Airport to Shanghai Pudong International Airport.On January 14, 2020, the Boeing 777-232ER conducting the flight had engine problems shortly after takeoff; while returning to the origin airport for an emergency landing, it dumped fuel over populated areas adjacent to the city of Los Angeles, resulting in skin and ...
Operation Eagle Claw (Persian: عملیات پنجه عقاب) was a failed operation by the United States Armed Forces ordered by U.S. President Jimmy Carter to attempt the rescue of 53 embassy staff held captive at the Embassy of the United States, Tehran on 24 April 1980.