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Flight 103 (other)
Flight 103 commonly refers to Pan Am Flight 103, blown up in 1988 by a bomb (the "Lockerbie bombing"). Flight 103 may also refer to: :''Listed chronologically'' * Air New Zealand Flight 103, a DC-10 that helped find a lost Cessna in the Pacific, 1978 * Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103, a midair break-up of a Boeing 737 over Taiwan, 1981 * Copterline Flight 103, Sikorsky helicopter crashed into the Gulf of Finland, 2005 * Buddha Air Flight 103, Beechcraft crashed on approach to Tribhuwan International Airport, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2011 See also * * STS-103, a successful Space Shuttle mission in December 1999 *'' The Tragedy of Flight 103: The Inside Story'', a 1990 television drama film about the Lockerbie bombing {{Disambiguation 0103 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pan Am Flight 103
Pan Am Flight 103 (PA103/PAA103) was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via a stopover in London and another in New York City. Shortly after 19:00 on 21 December 1988, the Boeing 747 "Clipper Maid of the Seas" was destroyed by a bomb while flying over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 243 passengers and 16 crew aboard. Large sections of the aircraft crashed in a residential street in Lockerbie, killing 11 residents. With a total of 270 fatalities, the event, which became known as the Lockerbie bombing, is the deadliest Terrorism in the United Kingdom, terrorist attack in the history of the United Kingdom. Following a three-year joint investigation by Dumfries and Galloway Constabulary and the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), arrest warrants were issued for two Libyan nationals in 1991. After protracted negotiations and United Nations sanctions, in 1999, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi handed over the two men for trial at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air New Zealand Flight 103
On 22 December 1978, a Cessna 188 aircraft, flown by an American private pilot, became lost over the Pacific Ocean. The only other aircraft in the area that was able to assist was a commercial Air New Zealand flight. After several hours of searching, the crew of the commercial flight located the lost Cessna and helped it reach Norfolk Island, where the plane landed safely. The incident Jay Prochnow, a retired United States Navy pilot, was delivering a Cessna 188 from the United States to Australia. Prochnow had a colleague who was flying another Cessna 188 alongside him. The long trip would be completed in four stages. On the morning of 20 December, both pilots took off from Pago Pago, American Samoa, Pago Pago. His colleague crashed on takeoff but was unharmed. Prochnow landed and set out the following day to Norfolk Island. When Prochnow believed he was approaching Norfolk Island, he was unable to see the island. He informed Air Traffic Control (ATC), but at this point, there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103
Far Eastern Air Transport Flight 103 was a flight from Taiwan Taipei Songshan Airport to Kaohsiung International Airport that crashed on 22 August 1981, killing all 110 people on board. The Boeing 737-222 aircraft disintegrated in midair and crashed in the township of Sanyi, Miaoli. It is also called the Sanyi Air Disaster. The crash is the third-deadliest aviation accident on the Taiwanese soil, behind China Airlines Flight 676 and China Airlines Flight 611. Aircraft The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-222 registered as B-2603 with line number 151 and manufacturer's serial number 19939. Summary The aircraft had previously lost cabin pressure on 5 August; and earlier on the day of the crash, it had departed Songshan Airport, but the crew aborted the flight 10 minutes later for the same reason. After repairs were made, the aircraft departed Songshan Airport again bound for Kaohsiung International Airport. 14 minutes after takeoff, the aircraft suffered an explosive dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copterline Flight 103
Copterline Flight 103 (AAQ103) was a Copterline helicopter flight en route to Helsinki, Finland from Tallinn, Estonia that crashed into the Tallinn Bay on 10 August 2005, at 12:45 local time. The Sikorsky S-76C+ crash occurred three to five minutes after taking off. On board were two Finnish crew members and twelve passengers: six Finns, four Estonians and two Americans. There were no survivors. Crash The crew members were 41-year-old Captain Peter Fredriksson, he had 7,068 hours of flight time, with 173 of these on the Sikorsky S-76; and First Officer Seppo Peurala, aged 56, had accumulated 7,618 hours of helicopter flight time, of which just over 258 hours were on the Sikorsky S-76. The helicopter was flying at an altitude of about when it suddenly lost its steerability and plunged into the sea. The emergency floats didn't inflate in time and the wreck sank quickly. All those on board perished by drowning. The Sikorsky S-76C+ emergency pontoons for water landings we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buddha Air Flight 103
On 25 September 2011, Buddha Air Flight 103, a Beechcraft 1900D commuter aircraft, crashed near Lalitpur, Nepal, while attempting to land in poor weather at nearby Kathmandu Airport. All 19 passengers and crew on board were killed. The aircraft, operated by Buddha Air, was on a sightseeing flight to Mount Everest. Aircraft The aircraft was a 19-seat Beechcraft 1900D twin-engine turboprop airliner; it was thirteen years old and registered in Nepal as 9N-AEK. Initial investigations revealed that the aircraft was being operated under VFR (Visual Flight Rules); and two minutes before it was due to land it entered clouds and crashed at 5400 feet. Air traffic controllers and members of the investigation team claim the reason for the crash was pilot error. Passengers The sixteen passengers included ten Indian nationals, one Japanese, two Americans and three Nepalese. References External links * Buddha Air Aviation accidents and incidents in 2011 Accidents and incidents ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
STS-103
STS-103, the 96th launch of the Space Shuttle and the 27th launch of Space Shuttle ''Space Shuttle Discovery, Discovery'', was a Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission. It launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on 19 December 1999 and returned on 27 December 1999 and was the last Shuttle mission of the 1990s. It was the only mission to span through Christmas after being delayed by 13 days for technical and weather reasons. Crew Space walks *'' Smith and Grunsfeld '' – EVA 1 *EVA 1 start: 22 December 1999 – 18:54 UTC *EVA 1 end: 23 December 1999 – 03:09 UTC *Duration: 8 hours, 15 minutes *'' Foale and Nicollier '' – EVA 2 *EVA 2 start: 23 December 1999 – 19:06 UTC *EVA 2 end: 24 December 1999 – 03:16 UTC *Duration: 8 hours, 10 minutes *'' Smith and Grunsfeld '' – EVA 3 *EVA 3 start: 24 December 1999 – 19:17 UTC *EVA 3 end: 25 December 1999 – 03:25 UTC *Duration: 8 hours, 8 minutes Crew seat assignments Mission highlights The primary objective of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Inside Story
Inside Story may refer to: Literature * ''Inside Story'' (novel), a 2020 novel by Martin Amis Music * ''Inside Story'' (Grace Jones album), 1986 * ''Inside Story'' (Lalaine album) * ''Inside Story'' (Prince Lasha album) * ''The Inside Story'' (album), a 1979 album by Robben Ford * "Inside Story", a 1988 song by Little River Band from the album ''Monsoon A monsoon () is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in Atmosphere of Earth, atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annu ...'' Film * ''Inside Story'' (film), a 1939 American film * ''The Inside Story'' (film), 1948 American film Television * ''Inside Story'' (Australian TV program) * ''Inside Story'' (TV programme), on Al Jazeera English and Al Jazeera America * ''The Inside Story'' (Philippine TV series) * "The Inside Story" ''(Rugrats)'' {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
