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 was cleared to land on runway 24L. 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 threshhold, 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. The two planes slid down the runway, then off to the side, coming to rest against an unoccupied firehouse, and burst into flame. All 12 people on the Metro were killed, and 22 of the 99 aboard the 737 perished.
External links
|
|
