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The FAA was aware at this point there was an emergency on board the airplane. After learning of a second hijacking involving an American Airlines aircraft and the hijacking of a United Airlines jet, American Airlines' executive vice president Gerard Arpey ordered a nationwide ground stop for the airline. [31]
Various passenger airlines from different countries parked at Los Angeles International Airport. This is a list of airlines in operation that offer regular (usually scheduled) service to paying passengers from the general public.
Flight 585 was operated by a Boeing 737-291, registered as N999UA with serial number 22742. [2] It was manufactured in May 1982 for the original incarnation of Frontier Airlines, and was acquired by United Airlines on June 6, 1986, when the former went out of business (a new airline company with the same name formed eight years later).
United Airlines Flight 175 was a domestic passenger flight from Logan International Airport in Boston to Los Angeles International Airport in California that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks.
Convair 880 cockpit. The airliner never became widely used, and the production line shut down after only three years. The 880's five-abreast seating made it unattractive to airlines, while Boeing was able to outcompete it with the Boeing 720, which could be sold at a significantly lower price, as it was a minimal modification of the existing 707.
Delta Air Lines Flight 723 was a flight operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 twin-engine jetliner, operating as a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Burlington, Vermont, to Logan International Airport in Boston, Massachusetts, with an intermediate stop in Manchester, New Hampshire. [1]