Accidents and Incidents
On July 2, 1963, at Rochester, New York, Mohawk Airlines Flight 121, a Mohawk Airlines Martin 4-0-4 attempted to take-off into a thunderstorm. Its wing-tip hit the ground and the aircraft cart-wheeled, resulting in seven people being killed.
On June 23, 1967, Mohawk Airlines Flight 40, a BAC 1-11 flying from Elmira, New York, to Washington, D.C., had a fire in the rear of the aircraft that eventually destroyed the vertical tail, causing all loss of pitch control. The cause was a non-return valve failing in the APU unit, resulting in hydraulic fluid igniting. The aircraft crashed near Blossburg, Pennsylvania, killing all 34 people on board.
On November 19, 1969, Mohawk Airlines Flight 411, a Fairchild Hiller FH-227B, crashed into Pilot Knob (mountain) on the east shore of Lake George, New York, on approach to Warren County Airport, Glens Falls, New York, killing all 14 on board.
On March 3, 1972, Mohawk Airlines Flight 405, another FH-227, crashed into a house in Albany, New York on approach to Albany County Airport. The crew had difficulty getting the cruise lock to disengage in one of the engines. While the crew attempted to deal with the problem, the aircraft crashed short of the airfield, killing 16 of 48 in the aircraft and one person on the ground. The lone surviving crew member was a stewardess, Sandra Quinn.
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Famous quotes containing the words accidents and/or incidents:
“Depression moods lead, almost invariably, to accidents. But, when they occur, our mood changes again, since the accident shows we can draw the world in our wake, and that we still retain some degree of power even when our spirits are low. A series of accidents creates a positively light-hearted state, out of consideration for this strange power.”
—Jean Baudrillard (b. 1929)
“An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.”
—Walter Bagehot (1826–1877)