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Subj: Today in History - Nov 12
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Nov 12, 2001:
Plane crashes in Rockaway, New York
An American Airlines flight out of John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airport
in New York City crashes into a Queens neighborhood after takeoff
on this day in 2001, killing 265 people. Although some initially
speculated that the crash was the result of terrorism, as it came
exactly two months after the September 11 attacks, the cause was
quickly proven to be a combination of pilot error and wind
conditions.
Flight 587 took off at 9:14 a.m., bound for the Dominican
Republic with 260 passengers and crew on board. Just ahead of the
Airbus 300 jet, also using runway 31, was a Japan Air 747. Even
with the standard four-mile distance between them, the 747
created some wake turbulence that hit Flight 587 just minutes
after takeoff. As the plane climbed to 13,000 feet, there were
two significant shudders and then a violent heave.
Unfortunately, the pilots of Flight 587 overreacted to the wake
turbulence and their subsequent maneuvers put too much strain on
the tail section of the plane. The tail, along with the rudder in
the rear, broke off completely and fell into Rockaway Bay.
Without this part of the plane, Flight 587 crashed to the ground.
As Flight 587 was in its final moments, Kevin McKeon was in his
house on Queens' Rockaway Peninsula. In an instant, his house
virtually exploded; he was thrown out into his yard as the plane
fell onto his house. In all, 10 homes were set ablaze, and five
people on the ground, as well as all 260 people on the plane,
lost their lives. The disaster hit Rockaway especially hard, as
the community was still reeling from the September 11 attacks, in
which 65 area residents lost their lives.
73, K.O. n0kfq
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