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  Reference.com/Encyclopedia/USAir Flight 1493
USAir Flight 1493 was a Boeing 737 commercial jet involved in a fatal accident at Los Angeles International Airport on 1 February 1991 due to error by the traffic controllers.
The pilot of the USAir plane was cleared to land on runway 24L.
The SkyWest flight was at taxiway 45, some distance down the runway from the threshhold, since it did not need the entire length of the runway for takeoff.
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 usair 1493 skywest 5569 air crash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
USAir 1493 cleared for the ILS 24L approach as Skywest 5569 was taxing away from the gate towards runway 24L.
The further confusion regarding the flight strip of 5072 caused her again to avert her attention from the situation on the active runways.
Although both flight crews were operating within their ATC clearances, they were both still responsible for "see and avoid" operations since conditions were VFR.
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 USAir Flight 1493 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Six minutes later a twin-engine turbo-prop Fairchild Metro III commuter plane, SkyWest Flight 5569, was directed to move onto runway 24L for takeoff and hold in position.
The SkyWest flight was at taxiway 45, some distance down the runway from the threshold, since it did not need the entire length of the runway for takeoff.
Three minutes later the 737 touched down, then ran into the SkyWest Metro, which was still holding in position.
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 Los Angeles International Airport - the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On September 25, 1978, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, which was on a Sacramento-Los Angeles International Airport-Lindbergh Field, San Diego route, crashed while trying toland at Lindbergh Field, killing everyone on board, 2 on a small aircraft, and 7 on the ground.
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 Aircraft Accidents Special Reports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The aircraft was refuelled and new flight crew boarded it, the cabin crew stayed the same from the previous flight.
JAL123 which was the assigned flight number for this trip taxiied away from the gate at 6.04pm with 509 on board, ready for the flight to the industrial city of Osaka which was 400km away.
The KLM flight confirmed that it had received the message, that it would backtrack, and that it was taxiing down the main runway.
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 AirDisaster.Com: Special Reports
In command of this flight was Captain Masami Takahama, 49 who was a training Captain, had been with the company 19 years, and had some 12,500 hours behind him.
About seven minutes into the flight, while climbing through 15,000ft, the crew was alerted by aural and visual indicators that there was smoke in the aft cargo compartment.
Cleared for ascent to flight level 230, the wide-bodied jet airliner was observed on radar as it assumed a north-north-westerly direction.
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 New Page 3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked on September 11, 2001 near Cleveland, Ohio.
USAir Flight 1493 had been cleared to land on Runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport when the 'Local' Air Traffic Controller cleared a Skywest Airlines commuter aircraft to 'taxi into position and hold' on the same runway, with the intention of clearing the Skywest turboprop for takeoff before the USAir jet landed.
The controller failed to issue the clearance, however, and in the dark, the USAir jet landed and collided with the Skywest aircraft.
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 Valley Advocate: Losing Control   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Flight 1493 slammed into the smaller plane, but only one person died on impact, the pilot.
People might forget Flight 427, but everyone remembers TWA Flight 800, the July 1996 crash off Long Island that killed over 200 people.Once the FBI eliminated the possibility of a bomb and investigators debunked Pierre Salinger's missile theory, fingers pointed at the center fuel tank.
With visibility low and control functions disrupted, Flight 1571 was severely damaged when it scraped trees on its approach, hit a radar device and landed on the grass near the runway.
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 ASN Aircraft accident description Boeing 737-3B7 N388US - Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX)
USAir Flight 1493 left Columbus at 13:17 for a flight to Los Angeles.
At 18:04:49 the flight was cleared to taxi into position and hold.
Meanwhile, Flight 5569 was still on the runway at the intersection with taxiway 45, awaiting takeoff clearance.
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 The Complete Boeing 737 Write-off Listing
Simultaneously, Flight 1176, a Boeing 737-300, from gate 44 was under the control of the pushback team consisting of a tug driver and a wing walker.
The NTSB determined that the probable cause of a Southwest Airlines accident was the flight crew’s excessive airspeed and flight path angle during the approach and landing at Burbank, California.
Flight TG 114 was parked at gate 62 at the domestic terminal of Bangkok Airport and was being prepared by 5 cabin crew members and 3 ground staff members for a flight to Chiang Mai.
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 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Indian Airlines Flight 814 - Hijacked on the way to India, and flown to India, Pakistan, the UAE, and Afghanistan before the passengers are released.
USAir Flight 1493 - Collided with a commuter plane while landing in Los Angeles, California.
USAir Flight 405 - Crashed during takeoff from LaGuardia Airport.
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 List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by location: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 A MESS called AMASS - No Runway Incursion Solution at All
United Airlines Flight 38 from Maui was seconds away from landing at Los Angeles International Airport, flaps extended and wheels down, when the flight crew saw something startling in the predawn shadows.
Flight 38's close call sent a shudder through the Federal Aviation Administration, recalling a fiery 1991 crash that killed 34 people on the same runway on the north side of LAX, known as 24L.
Flight Management Systems know when the aircraft is stopped, when its brakes are off, when the engines are spooling up.
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 USAir Flight 1493 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USAir Flight 1493   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
USAir Flight 1493 - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation USAir Flight 1493.
The pilot was cleared to land on runway 24L.
The orginal USAir Flight 1493 article can be editet
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 List of accidents and incidents on commercial airliners grouped by year: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 t r u t h o u t - ISSUES - Gore Report
Two additional studies, one by the FAA dealing with flight deck human factors and the other published by representatives from government, industry, and union organizations as their 1997 Aviation Safety Plan, identify a wide range of safety issues, including human factors.
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 Exit row shoe policy?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On longer flights, in addition to the ammenity packs with socks, some airlines will provide pajama's to passengers as well in their premium cabins.
There are flights and times when it's appropriate to remove shoes, such as long haul internationals, and flights and times when it is not appropriate (i.e.
Well, come to find out, he was a first class passenger on the USAir flight 1493 back in 1991 that crashed upon landing into LAX and landed on a Skywest Metroliner aircraft.
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 Report: Controller cannot forgive herself for LAX crash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Thursday was the 10th anniversary of the collision between a USAir jetliner and a Skywest commuter plane.
The USAir Boeing 737, carrying 89 passengers and crew, touched down on the runway and seconds later crushed a propeller-driven Skywest Fairchild Metroliner that was awaiting takeoff.
She had 16 years of experience as an air traffic controller but had only been at LAX for 13 months when she directed USAir Flight 1493 from Columbus, Ohio, to land on the same runway where Skywest Flight 5569, was waiting to depart for Palmdale.
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 us airways flight 1493 crash   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
USAir "It was just after 6:00pm on the evening of...
USAir was a Boeing 737 commercial jet involved in a...
USAir left Columbus at 13.17h for a to Los Angeles...
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 First post! Lots of audio video of plane crashes I put together. - Ogrish.com Forums   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
ATC tape: Aloha Airlines flight 243, a Boeing 737-200, suffered an explosive decompression while cruising at 19,000 feet over the Hawaiian Islands.
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 New Science
Flight 427: Anatomy of an Air Disaster by Gerry Byrne (Copernicus Books) Boeing's 737 is indisputably the most popular and arguably the safest commercial airliner in the world.
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 1990s: Notable California Aviation Disasters   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
At the same time, SkyWest Airlines Flight 5569, a twin-engine Fairchild-Swearingen SA.227AC Metro III (N683AV), a commuter flight bound for Palmdale with 10 passengers and two crew members on board, was cleared by LAX air traffic control (ATC) to taxi into its takeoff position and hold on the same runway.
Fatalities: 34 -- 22 on the USAir 737; all 12 aboard the SkyWest Metro III.
A number of factors were behind the cause of the crash, including improper planning/decision by the pilot; failure of the flight crew to maintain proper altitude and clearance over mountainous terrain; and the failure of the co-pilot to adequately monitor the progress of the flight.
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 Aviation Accident Reports
Title: Runway Collision of USAIR Flight 1493, Boeing 737 and Skywest Flight 5569 Fairchild Metroliner, Los Angeles, California, February 1, 1991.
Title: NW Airlines, Inc., Flights 1482 and 299 Runway Incursion and Collision Detroit Metropolitan/Wayne County Airport Romulus, Michigan, December 3, 1990.
Title: USAIR Flight 105 Boeing 737-200, N283AU Kansas International Airport, Missouri, September 8, 1989.
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 SkyWest - Unipedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In 1995 it began operating flights for Continental out of LAX, a relationship dropped two years later when Skywest began flying for United.
Skywest's United Express flights out of LAX, SFO, and DEN became its largest operation by the late 1990s, but the partnership with Continental was revived in 2003 out of IAH.
Runway collision of USAir flight 1493, Boeing 737 and Skywest flight 5569 Fairchild Metroliner Los Angeles, California February 1, 1991 (SuDoc TD 1.112:91/08)
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 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
New format.] On February 1, 1991, at 1807 Pacific standard time, USAir flight 1493, N388US, a Boeing 737-300, collided with Skywest flight 5569, N683AV, a Fairchild Metroliner (SA-227-AC), while the USAir airplane was landing on runway 24 left at Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California.
All 10 passengers and 2 crewmembers aboard the Metroliner and 20 passengers and 2 crewmembers aboard the USAir airplane were fatally injured.
Contributing to the cause of the accident was the failure of the FAA to provide effective quality assurance of the ATC system.
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 Scientology, Christians and crime: a conspiracy theory
Flight 1493 had originated in Syracuse, NY and flew to Los Angeles via Washington, DC and Columbus, Ohio.
Plus, the number 405 in Flight 405 is like the 405 Freeway which is a major thoroughfare to LAX where Flight 1493 crashed.
USAir Flight 1493, I associated these numbers to my birth date of August 26, 1957.
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 Aviation Groups   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
We are here to help fill the void that occurs when the emergency and disaster relief organizations discontinue providing support services to survivors, the intial shock subsides and the natural grieving process intensifies.
This group was formed after the USAir Flight 427 Crash near Aliquippa, PA, 1994.
This group was formed after the American Eagle Flight 4184 crash in Roselawn, Indiana on October 31, 1994.
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 Airplane Accidents Index
USA, Michigan, Detroit Airport: a Northwest Airlines DC-9, flight 1482, bound for Pittsburgh collided on the ground with a Northwest Boeing 727 on take-off, flight 299 to Memphis; the DC-9 had received clearance to taxi from Gate C18 to Runway 3C via taxiway Oscar 6, Foxtrot and Xray, at 13.35h.
Russia, Irkutsk Airport: A Elf Air Ilyushin 76 was on a cargo flight from China to Moscow with intermediate stops at Irkutsk and Perm, carrying 40 tones of fuel after refueling in Irkutsk and 30 tones of cargo.
Mexico, Uruapan: a TAESA DC-9 apparently exploded in the air shortly after takeoff from Uruapan airport 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the town and crashed in a mountainous region 180 miles west of Mexico-City; the plane was completely destroyed; all 18 people aboard died.
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