USAir Flight 427
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USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Palm Beach International Airport, Florida, with a stopover at Pittsburgh International Airport. On Thursday, Sept
Aerial view of the crash site
N513AU, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in February 1994
Recovered wreckage under examination
Boeing 737
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The Boeing 737 is an American narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its factories in Washington state. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retained the 70
USAir Flight 427
…to Boeing's arguments about the causes of the three accidents. At the time of the crash, Flight 427 was the second-deadliest accident involving a Boeing 737 (all series); as of 2024, it now ranks as the ninth-deadliest. It was also the seventh-deadliest aviation disaster in the history of the United States…
A Boeing 737-200, the first mass-produced 737 model, in operation with South African Airlink in 2007
October 18, 1966, Jet aircraft patent, filed June 22, 1965, by John Steiner and Joe Sutter for Boeing
737-100 introduced by Lufthansa on February 10, 1968
A Lufthansa Boeing 737-100 at Zurich Airport in 1981