Infamous aircraft accidents

[wpod]

Agreed.

And yet, people think all airlines, and all pilots, are the same.

That you’re getting Chuck Yeager every time you board, when there are lots of inept pilots flying for some (not all, just some) airlines.

My A&P friends said the U.S airlines have the most competent crews. With the 737 Max the first words out of their mouths were[ correct or not] Foreign flight crews.

 

[Yah-Tah-Hey]

TWA Flight 260 CFIT (Sandia Mountains) in February of 1955. Instead of flying north up the Rio Grande to get around Sandias, Matin 404 turned to NE and crashed several hundred feet below Kiwanis Hut. Sandia Peak Tramway now passes almost directly over crash sight which was cleaned up so as to not offend tram riders.

 

[Kamele0N]

Does it fit in here?

"Hold My Beer" - The War Hero Who Landed Plane in New York City. While Drunk. Twice.

Thomas Fitzpatrick, WWII and Korean War veteran who stole and landed a plane at 3 am in front of a bar in New York City while being intoxicated. Two years

www.warhistoryonline.com

 

[CatCam2]

Does it fit in here?

"Hold My Beer" - The War Hero Who Landed Plane in New York City. While Drunk. Twice.

Thomas Fitzpatrick, WWII and Korean War veteran who stole and landed a plane at 3 am in front of a bar in New York City while being intoxicated. Two years

www.warhistoryonline.com

This story does contain an inaccuracy. The story states, "receiving the Silver Star and the Purple Heart, the latter being the highest US military decoration." The Silver Star is higher in order of precedence.

 

[y_p_w]

TransAsia 235 was pretty infamous. Turns out that after their right engine flamed out, the crew (for whatever reason) shut down the left engine.

TransAsia Flight 235 accident: Pilot errors led to fatal crash

The Aviation Safety Council (ASC) released its final report on investigation of a TransAsia Airways (TNA) ATR72-600 aircraft, registration number B-22816, loss of control and crashed into Keelung River three nautical miles east of Songshan Airport. On February 4, 2015, about 1054 Taipei Local...

aviationtribune.com

The location of the airport is rather insane too.

 

[Kamele0N]

Phantom Fortress: The Crewless Landing of a B-17

On November 23, 1944, a Royal Air Force antiaircraft unit stationed outside Cortonburg, Belgium observed a B-17 Flying Fortress flying towards them. The

www.warhistoryonline.com