Flight 592 departed Miami International Airport (MIA) on May 11, 1996 bound for Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport on its routine flight. It was a Sunday afternoon. The airplane was a 27-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft operated by a discount carrier known at the time as Valujet. Flight 592 pushed back from gate G2 in Miami … Continue reading “Valujet Flight 592 Miami, FL”

On December 19, 2005, a Grumman Turbo Mallard (G-73T) amphibious airplane, N2969, crashed into a shipping channel adjacent to the Port of Miami, Florida shortly after takeoff from the Miami Seaplane Base. Flight 101 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight to Bimini, Bahamas with 2 flight crew members and 18 passengers on board. The airplane’s … Continue reading “Chalks Flight 101 Miami, FL”

Comair On January 9, 1997, an Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica, S/A EMB-120RT, N265CA, operated by COMAIR Airlines, Inc., as flight 3272, crashed during a rapid descent after an uncommanded roll excursion near Monroe, Michigan. Flight 3272 was being operated under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 135 as a scheduled, domestic … Continue reading “Comair 3272 Monroe, MI”