American Airlines Accidents and Incidents - 1990s

1990s

  • November 12, 1995: American Airlines Flight 1572 an MD-83 on a domestic scheduled passenger flight between Chicago-Hartford struck trees and landed short of the runway threshold on landing at Bradley International Airport. There was one injury among the 78 on board. The cause of the crash was determined to be the failure of the crew to properly maintain the required altitude during descent.
  • December 20, 1995: American Airlines Flight 965, a Boeing 757, crashed on approach to CalĂ­, Colombia, due to pilot error. Of the 159 passengers and crew aboard, four passengers survived.
  • February 9, 1998: American Airlines Flight 1340 a Boeing 727 struck the ground short of the runway 14R threshold at Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) while conducting a Category II (Cat II) instrument landing system (ILS) coupled approach.
  • June 1, 1999: American Airlines Flight 1420, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, overran the runway while landing during a storm at Little Rock, Arkansas; the aircraft's captain and 10 of the passengers were killed.

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