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Air France Flight 066 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport to Los Angeles International Airport, operated by Air France and using an Airbus A380-861. On 30 September 2017, the aircraft suffered an uncontained engine failure and made an emergency landing at Goose Bay Airport , Canada.
Air France Flight 422: the Air France flight from Bogotá's El Dorado Airport, to Quito, using a Boeing 727 wet-leased from TAME, crashed into a mountain near Bogotá. All 43 passengers and 10 crew died. [92] Although not an Air France plane, the flight was the final segment of an Air France flight originating in Paris. 5 March 1999
Los Angeles International Airport: Los Angeles, California, United States: LAX/KLAX 556,913 9.9% 7. Charlotte Douglas International Airport: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States: CLT/KCLT 505,589 2 2.8% 8. Miami International Airport: Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States: MIA/KMIA 458,478 1 18.2% 9. John F. Kennedy International Airport
Source: Federal Aviation Administration [ 6][ 7][ 8] Los Angeles International Airport[ a] ( IATA: LAX, ICAO: KLAX, FAA LID: LAX) is the primary international airport serving Los Angeles and its surrounding metropolitan area, in the U.S. state of California. LAX is located in the Westchester neighborhood of the city of Los Angeles, 18 miles (29 ...
Today, the terminal is the Eastern Canada hub for WestJet, which is unaffiliated with any airline alliance and is also used by all SkyTeam and Oneworld airlines that serve Pearson Airport, along with Air Transat, Biman Bangladesh Airlines, Canada Jetlines, Etihad Airways, Pakistan International Airlines, Philippine Airlines, Porter Airlines ...
229. Air France Flight 8969 was an Air France flight that was hijacked on 24 December 1994 by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria (GIA) at Houari Boumediene Airport, Algiers. The terrorists murdered three passengers and their intention was either to detonate the aircraft over the Eiffel Tower or the Tour Montparnasse in Paris.
Air France flight AF 028 landing in 2011 at Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, USA. Air France was founded on 7 October 1933 as a merger of several French aviation companies. The network started with destinations across Europe, to French colonies in North Africa [clarification needed] and farther afield. [2]
On May 25, 1979, American Airlines Flight 191, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 on a Memorial Day weekend flight to Los Angeles International Airport, had its left engine detach while taking off from runway 32R, then stalled and crashed into a field some 4,600 feet (1,400 m) away. 273 died, including two on the ground, in the deadliest single-aircraft ...