United Air Lines Flight 736, a DC-7 passenger plane carrying 47 people, had collided with an Air Force F-100F fighter jet 21,000 feet over Las Vegas.
An American Airlines flight headed into Reagan National Airport 24-hours before the fatal crash Wednesday was forced into a last-minute go-around to avoid another aircraft — the second known ...
"I have no higher calling than carefully -- transporting you today," he said. An American Airlines pilot prioritized putting passengers at ease before take-off in his pre-flight announcement ...