Did You Know: KLM Operated Every Douglas Aircraft From The DC-2 To The DC-10
KLM is the only airline to have to operated all the Douglas Aircraft from the DC-2 onwards.
KLM is the only airline to have to operated all the Douglas Aircraft from the DC-2 onwards.
The aircraft involved had only been in service less than a week prior to the accident.
How did the once-popular rear-engined twinjets differ?
A miscommunication by ground controllers and a Delta Air Lines crew caused a collision at Chicago O'Hare.
Two Northwest Airlines planes collided after the pilots of a DC-9 entered an active runway by mistake.
Faulty instrument readings and the captain aborting a go-around caused the crash of Alitalia Flight 404.
On this day, 46 years ago, an overworked understaffed ATC was to blame for a mid-air collision that killed 176 people.
The accident occurred 28 years ago today.
Air California was a sizeable airline based in California, operating from 1967 to 1987.
26 original DC-9 aircraft remain in service, mostly in cargo and military use.