United Express Flight 6291
1994 plane crash in Ohio, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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United Express Flight 6291 was a regularly scheduled United Express flight from Dulles International Airport near Washington, D.C. to Port Columbus International Airport in Columbus, Ohio. It was a service operated by Atlantic Coast Airlines on behalf of United Express.
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Accident | |
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Date | January 7, 1994 (1994-01-07) |
Summary | Stalled on approach due to pilot error |
Site | Gahanna, near Port Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio, United States 39°59′31.8″N 82°50′49.8″W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | British Aerospace Jetstream 41 |
Operator | Atlantic Coast Airlines DBA United Express |
Call sign | BLUE RIDGE 6291[1] |
Registration | N304UE[2] |
Flight origin | Dulles International Airport |
Destination | Port Columbus International Airport |
Occupants | 8 |
Passengers | 5 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 5 |
Injuries | 2 |
Survivors | 3 |
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Late on the night of January 7, 1994, the British Aerospace Jetstream 41 operating as Flight 6291 stalled and crashed on approach to Port Columbus International Airport. The two pilots, the flight attendant, and two passengers died in the crash.[3] The surviving passengers were a Taiwanese family of three.[4]