Originally Posted by
Seat 2A
Having logged about 4700 flights, yes, I've flown upon many jets that later came to untimely ends. Here are just a few from my logs up until 1989:
9/9/1973 DEN LAX CONTINENTAL DC-10-10 N68047 Damaged beyond repair while landing in Managua, NI. June 4, 2006
1/4/1974 DEN LAX CONTINENTAL DC-10-10 N68045 Damaged beyond repair after aborted takeoff in Los Angeles March 1, 1978
12/16/1974 LAX SLC WESTERN 737-200 N4523W Damaged beyond repair after over running runway in Loma Bonita, Mexico May 10, 1999 (Op. by Mexican Air Force)
11/29/1975 MEX LAX WESTERN DC-10-10 N903WA Damaged beyond repair wile landing in fog in Mexico City Oct 31, 1979
7/13/1976 ORF ILM PIEDMONT 737-200 N752N Damaged beyond repair after over running runway in Charlotte, NC Oct 25, 1986
8/23/1976 LAX SFO UNITED DC-8-61 N8079U Crashed on takeoff Mather Air Force Base, CA 2/16/2000 (Op. by Emery)
1/25/1977 LGA PIT ALLEGHENY DC-9-30 N961VJ Damaged beyond repair while over running runway upon landing at Erie, PA February 21, 1986 (Op. by US Air)
1/27/1977 PIT JFK ALLEGHENY DC-9-30 N954VJ Crashed after aborted landing at Charlotte, NC July 2, 1994 (Op. by US Air)
6/04/1977 ELP TUS CONTINENTAL 727-200 N66734 Damaged beyond repair in Miami, FL Oct. 08, 1998
6/04/1977 SAN LAX AMERICAN DC-10-10 N110AA Crashed after engine separated from wing during take off at Chicago, IL May 25, 1979
5/23/1978 DFW MIA EASTERN DC-9-30 N8963E Crashed while landing Monrovia, Liberia August 18, 1994 (Op. by ADC Airlines)
5/27/1978 PHL SJU EASTERN L-1011 N327EA Damaged beyond repair Utapao, Thailand June 25, 2004 (Op. by Orient-Thai Airways)
6/12/1978 UVF ANU EASTERN 727-100 N8104E Damaged beyond repair, Asmara, ER 1998 (Op. by Tana & Marar Aviation)
11/22/1978 DEN DRO ASPEN CVR-580 N5809 Crashed off Waikanae, NZ October 3, 2003 (Op. by Air Freight New Zealand)
5/23/1979 TUS SFO AMERICAN 707-320 N7599 Damaged beyond repair while landing in Zaire August 7, 2001 (Op. by Air Ghana)
5/28/1979 KTN WRG ALASKA 727-100 N318AS Crashed Santa Marta, Colombia Nov. 29, 1982 (Op. by Aerotol Colombia)
8/06/1979 PIT CMH US AIR 727-100 N7049U Crashed on take off from San Jose, Costa Rica May 23, 1988 (op. by LACSA)
8/19/1979 ORD DEN UNITED DC-10-10 N1801U Destroyed by fire after landing in Memphis, TN. December 18, 2003 (Op. by Fed Ex)
1/11/1980 DTW CVG DELTA 727-200 N473DA Crashed on take off from Dallas, Texas August 31, 1988
3/07/1982 MSP DEN REPUBLIC DC-9-50 N763NC Damaged beyond repair in ground collision at MSP May 11, 2005 (op. by Northwest)
2/26/1983 SLC DEN WESTERN 727-200 N2804W Crashed in Atlantic Ocean off Newfoundland September 11, 1990 (On del. to Air Malta)
2/11/1984 HBA LST TRANS AUSTRALIAN DC-9-30 Crashed after takeoff from Uruapan, Mexico Nov. 8, 1999 (Op. by TAESA)
8/29/1984 PHX ABQ SOUTHWEST 737-200 N24SW Damaged beyond repair after skidding off runway at Alma Ata, Kazakstan April 12, 1998 (Op. by Orient Eagle Airways)
4/01/1985 LAX EWR UNITED 767-200 N612UA Destroyed by terrorists in New York City, September 11, 2001
9/22/1985 SFO ANC UNITED 727-200 N7274U Damaged beyond repair upon landing in Omaha, NB May 13, 2001
4/09/1986 LIH HNL MID PACIFIC AIR F-28 N281MP Damaged beyond repair while taking off from Seoul, South Korea November 25, 1989 (Op. by Korean Air)
3/02/1987 HBA DPO AIR NEW SOUTH WALES F-28 VH-FKB Damaged beyond repair at Nadzab, Papua Niugini November 17, 1997 (Op. by Air Niugini)
3/28/1988 BWI ORD UNITED DC-10-10 N1819U Crashed while attempting emergency landing at Sioux City, Iowa July 19, 1989