What are some of the most famous plane crashes?

The FAA subsequently mandated that aircraft lavatories be equipped with smoke detectors and automatic fire extinguishers. Within five years, all jetliners were retrofitted with fire-blocking layers on seat cushions and floor lighting to lead passengers to exits in dense smoke. read more

Air New Zealand Flight 901 is undoubtably one of the most famous plane crashes in this part of the world. Flight 901 was a sightseeing flight - a fully loaded DC 10 with over 200 people on board. read more

American Airlines Flight 191 crashed just moments after takeoff from Chicago O’Hare on May 25, 1979, when engine number one on the left wing of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 separated and flipped over the top of the wing, severing hydraulic fluid lines and damaging the plane. read more

The plane then veered left and crashed into two huge airport water tanks. On board, 134 of 163 people were killed. The crash triggered a seven-year NASA/FAA research effort, which led directly to the on-board forward-looking radar wind-shear detectors that became standard equipment on airliners in the mid-1990s. read more