What the records say
- When
- 2 Jul 1994
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 35.22° N, 80.96° W
- Description
- 1994 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 37
- Injured
- 15
- Cause
- microburst
USAir Flight 1016
1994 aviation accident in North Carolina
USAir Flight 1016 was a regularly scheduled domestic passenger flight in the southeastern United States, between Columbia, South Carolina, and Charlotte, North Carolina. On July 2, 1994, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 operating the flight encountered heavy thunderstorms and microburst-induced windshear while attempting to land, and crashed into heavy trees and a private residence near the airport.
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- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Пассажирский самолёт McDonnell Douglas DC-9-31 авиакомпании USAir, завершая пассажирский рейс из Колумбии (штат Южная Каролина), в условиях близкой грозы…”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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