Plane crash in New York?

Question

I like watching 20 seconds from disastor, I saw an advert for it and they were on a bout a plane crash in New York, not 9/11. I missed the programme, what plane crash happened before 9/11?? In a residential area?

How come I never knew about the one just after 9/11? Where was I then!!

Answer 1

The two crashes that I know of that took place in residential areas both occurred after 9/11.

There’s the afore mentioned crash that took place in November 2001: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_587

And then there was the recent crash into an apartment building by Cory Lidle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_11,_2006_New_York_City_plane_crash

If these aren’t what you are thinking about there is a list of transportation accidents in NYC here that dates back to the ‘50s: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Transportation_accidents_in_New_York_City

Answer 2

The plane that crashed in a residential area just a couple of weeks after 9/11 was in Belle Harbor, Queens.

Also, a really long time ago -- like in the 1950s -- there was a plane crash in Brooklyn, in a residential area.

Answer 3

The TWA flight 800 crash occurred in July 1996, and this was a pretty major crash. It occurred off of souther Long Island, which is a residential area mostly, but the plane did not land in a residential community, it landed in the Atlantic Ocean. As far as I know, this is the only plane crash in the New York area (other than 9/11) which would be noteworthy enough to be on Seconds from Disaster.

Answer 4

Date: November 12, 2001
Time: 09:16
Location: Belle Harbor, Queens, New York
Operator: American Airlines
Flight #: 587
Route: New York City - Santo Domingo, Dominican Rep.
AC Type: Airbus A-300-605R
Registration: N14053
cn / ln: 420
Aboard: 260 (passengers:251 crew:9)
Fatalities: 260 (passengers:251 crew:9)
Ground: 5
Summary: Three minutes after taking off and while in a climbing left turn, at 2,800 ft., parts of the plane, including the vertical stabilizer and rudder, fell from the aircraft. The crew soon lost control of the plane which nose dived and crashed into a residential neighborhood. After flying into the wake turbulence of two aircraft about two minutes into the flight, investigators believe a series of quick rudder swings by the copilot whipped the tail so severely that the fin broke off. The National Transportation Safety Board has found that pilot error was the probable cause. Sharply criticizing American Airlines Advanced Aircraft Maneuvering Program, the Board said that American Airlines' pilot training included a simulator exercise which could have caused the first officer to have an unrealistic and exaggerated view of the effects of wake turbulence, erroneously associate wake turbulence encounters with the need for aggressive roll upset recovery techniques and develop control strategies that would produce a much different -- and potentially surprising and confusing -- response if performed during flight. In addition, because of its high sensitivity, the Airbus A-300-600 rudder control system is susceptible to potentially hazardous rudder pedal inputs at higher airspeed.

Further details from the National Transportation Safety Board's website

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20011130X02321&key=1

Answer 5

Less than a month after 9/11 a plane crashed somewhere in Queens (I think), it was a commercial flight from the Dominican Republic.

Answer 6

about a week or two after 9/11 a plane crashed in a residential area it was thought it was another attack but it was a plane fault.

Answer 7

A plane crashed in Park Slope, Brooklyn in 1960.
http://brooklyn.about.com/od/historyfacts/ss/parkslopecrash.htm

Answer 8

Santo Domingo could be the capital of the Dominican Republic and the oldest European town in the Americas and in the event that you wish to see one of the UNESCO World Heritage List then, that hotelbye is the place. Santo Domingo is just a university of cultures and neighborhoods. It's where the sounds of life, domino pieces smacked on tables, backfiring mufflers and horns from crazy traffic. In the heart of the city could be the Zona Colonial, wherever you will find among the oldest churches and the oldest remaining European. Also, in the Zona Colonial you will discover Gazcue, one of the city's oldest neighborhoods, filled with previous Victorian properties and tree-lined streets.

Answer 9

Try the series Air Crash Investigation on Sky. I seem to remember that the aircraft ran out of fuel.

Answer 10

It was actually just after 9-11, when they started allowing flights again. But I don't remember the flight number.