AIR CRASH INVESTIGATIONS

On November 12 2001 American Airlines flight 587 an Airbus A300-605R took off from John F. Kennedy International Airport New York. Flight 587 was a scheduled passenger flight to Santo Domingo Dominican Republic with a crew of 9 and 251 passengers aboard the airplane. Shortly after take-off the airplane lost its tail the engines subsequently separated in flight and the airplane crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor New York. All 260 people aboard the airplane and 5 people on the ground were killed and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire.