
The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Baltimore to Chicago's Midway Airport.Īfter landing, the crew was unable to stop the aircraft on the runway, going off the runway, through the airport's barrier fence and onto a nearby street.Īt some point during this event, the nose wheel collapsed. No other crew members or passengers were seriously injured or killed.īecause this passenger death was due at least in part to the deliberate actions of that passenger, this does not constitute a fatal event as defined by .Ĩ December 2005 Southwest Airlines 737-700 N471WN flight 1248 Chicago, IL: The death was classified as a homicide, but none of the passengers involved in the incident were charged with a crime. The medical examiner found traces of drugs in the dead passenger's system, but listed the cause of death as suffocation. While being escorted back to his seat, the 19 year old attacked another passenger.Ī number of other passengers subdued him until the aircraft landed.Īfter landing, the now unconscious passenger was removed from the aircraft and he died several hours later. The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Las Vegas to Salt Lake City when about 20 minutes before landing, a 19 year old passenger became belligerent and attempted to enter the cockpit. Two passengers sustained serious injuries.ġ1 August 2000 Southwest Airlines 737 flight 1763 en route from Las Vegas, NV to Salt Lake City, UT: None of the five crew members and 137 passengers were killed. On arrival, the aircraft overran the end of the runway after after landing, coming to rest on a street adjacent to the airport.
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The aircraft was on a scheduled flight from Las Vegas to Burbank.
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The numbered events are those involving at least one airline passenger death where the aircraft flight had a direct or indirect role, and where at least one of the dead passengers was not a stowaway, hijacker, or saboteur.ĥ March 2000 Southwest Airlines 737-300 N668SW flight 1455 Burbank, CA: The following are significant events involving the airline or its subsidiares since 1971.
