American Airlines Flight 625
American Airlines Flight 625 A plane the moment it crashes into a truck standing near the runway due to strong crosswinds in 1976. Even from the photographer’s vantage point, it’s easy to see how (quite understandably) terrified these men were as they ran away. American Airlines Flight 625, a Boeing 727-100, crashed at St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands on April 27, 1976, while on a domestic scheduled passenger flight originating at T. F. Green Airport in Rhode Island and ending at Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, with an intermediate stop at John F. Kennedy International Airport. 37 out of the 88 passengers on board died in the accident. The American Airlines Boeing 727-23, registration N1963, overran the departure end of Runway 9 when landing at Harry S. Truman airport. The aircraft struck an Instrument Landing System antenna, crashed through a chain link fence, and traveled another 1,040 feet (320 m) until stopped by a gas station. The aircraft was destroyed. The airport in ...