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Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Air France Flight 447
Date: 1 June 2009
Registration: F-GZCP
Summary:Entered high-altitude stall; impacted ocean
Site: Atlantic Ocean near waypoint TASIL
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Air France Flight 4590
Date: 25 July 2000
Registration: F-BTSC
Summary: Foreign object damage leading to in-flight fire and loss of control
Site: Gonesse (near Charles de Gaulle Airport), France
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
American Airlines Flight 191
Date: 25 May 1979
Registration: N110AA
Summary: Loss of control caused by engine detachment due to improper maintenance.
Site: Des Plaines, Illinois, United States (Near O'Hare International Airport)
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
British Airways Flight 5390
Date: 10 June 1990
Registration: G-BJRT
Summary: Explosive decompression due to faulty maintenance.
Site: Didcot, Oxfordshire, England
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Colgan Air Flight 3407
Date: 12 February 2009
Registration: N200WQ
Summary: Stalled during landing approach; crashed into house.
Site: Clarence Center, New York, United States
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Japan Airlines Flight 123
Date: 12 August 1985
Registration: JA8119
Summary: In-flight structural failure due to improper repair, leading to rapid decompression and loss of control.
Site: Mount Takamagahara, Japan
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Malaysia Airlines Flight 17
Date: 17 July 2014
Registration: 9M-MRD
Summary: Shot down by a surface-to-air missile transported from Russia on the day of the crash.
Site: Near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Swissair Flight 111
Date: 2 September 1998
Registration: HB-IWF
Summary: Electrical and instrument failure due to in-flight fire, causing spatial disorientation and loss of control.
Site: Atlantic Ocean, near St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
Turkish Airlines Flight 981
Date: 3 March 1974
Registration: TC-JAV
Summary: Cargo door failure due to aircraft design flaw leading to explosive decompression; loss of control.
Site: Ermenonville Forest
Fontaine-Chaalis, Oise, France
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
US Airways Flight 1549
Date: 15 January 2009
Registration: N106US
Summary: Controlled ditching after bird strikes caused dual engine failure.
Site: Hudson River in the Manhattan borough of New York City
Notes: AIR CRASH/ACCIDENT:
ValuJet Airlines Flight 592
Date: 11 May 1996
Registration: N904VJ
Summary: In-flight cargo fire leading to loss of control.
Site: Everglades, Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States