OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS
OVERSEAS NATIONAL AIRWAYS
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THE ONA BIRDSTRIKE ON VIDEO by Brian van Handle 
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I finally took the time to put together some footage of the ONA DC-10 crash at JFK. I have some additional footage for my next project but I'll probably have to break it into segments since it is a bit long. One is a program about bird strikes and the ONA crash is shown/referenced, another is a program about surviving a plane crash, and again the ONA crash is shown and referenced, and one is my personal account of the ONA crash when I was interviewed by a local TV station on Nov. 12, 2001, the day that AA587 went down at JFK (and most sadly, there were no survivors), and that day was also the 26th anniversary of the ONA crash. Enjoy and let me know what you think! Copyright Brian van Handel with permission to broadcast on the ONA Crew Web. |
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Overseas National Airways
(ONA) DC-10 Crash Nov12, 1975 Newscasts Overseas National Airways (ONA) DC-10 Crash at JFK on Nov 12, 1975. All 139 passengers and crew were ONA employees, and, because 'death took a holiday', there were NO fatalities. I'm convinced that it was one of God's Miracles that our lives were spared that day! Cause: Bird strike! (Note: SO much was learned from that crash....how to better certify aircraft engines, better placement of the 'black boxes', escape path lighting, much more emphasis on bird control at airports etc.) Nowadays a typical bird strike will most likely not cause 'rotor imbalance' and the engines will probably stay attached to the wing (as in the case of the U.S. Airways Hudson River landing!) |
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