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1927 American Airways FC-2 A Stinson Trimotor first operated by Century Airlines DC-3 "Flagship", American's chief aircraft type during the World War II period. American Airlines was developed from a conglomeration of 82 small airlines through acquisitions in 1930 [2] and reorganizations; initially, American Airways was a common brand used by a number of independent carriers.
Madeline Amy Sweeney (December 14, 1965 – September 11, 2001) was an American flight attendant who was killed when American Airlines Flight 11 was deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center by hijackers during the September 11 attacks.
AAdvantage is the frequent-flyer program of American Airlines.Launched May 1, 1981, it was the second such loyalty program in the world (after the first at Texas International Airlines in 1979) and remains the largest, with more than 115 million members as of April, 2021.
The flight was flown by Captain Kang Long-lin, 49, who had joined China Airlines in 1990, and had 7,226 hours total flight time (2,382 of them on the Airbus A300). First Officer Jiang Der-sheng, 44, had joined China Airlines in 1996, and had 3,550 hours total flight time (304 of them on the Airbus A300).
United Airlines Flight 2860 was a scheduled domestic cargo flight in the United States from San Francisco, California, to Chicago, Illinois, with an intermediate stop added at Salt Lake City, Utah. On December 18, 1977, operated by one of the airline's Douglas DC-8 Jet Traders, registration N8047U, [ 1 ] the flight was in a holding pattern in ...
Flight path illustration of Alaska Airlines Flight 2059. Flight 2059 took off from Paine Field in Everett, Washington and was traveling to San Francisco International Airport. [5] [6] The flight was operated by Horizon Air, a regional airline, owned by Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, who marketed and sold the seats on ...
Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771 was a scheduled flight along the West Coast of the United States, from Los Angeles, California, to San Francisco. On December 7, 1987, the British Aerospace 146-200A , registration N350PS, crashed in San Luis Obispo County near Cayucos , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] after being hijacked by a passenger.
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]