I accept the 5 day B&W Challenge from my fellow Newspaper (San Juan Star) and wire service (UPI) photojournalist Roso Juan Sabalones. This is the first of five photos. I also challenge former El Vocero chief photographer and now Professor of Photography Howard Goldbaum in Reno. My photos were only possible, because I had a great helicopter pilot who flew me the 90 miles from San Juan to St Thomas and back. My photos appeared around the world via the AP. It ran front page in most newspapers the following day.This was my second air crash with the same flight number at the same airport, four years earlier. Here is what Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia had to say about the disaster : American Airlines Flight 625 An American Airlines Boeing 727-100 (N1929, S/N 19387), similar to the aircraft involved in the accident. The 100 model has a vertically oblong air inlet to the center engine (dorsal inlet), the 200 model inlet is round. Additionally, the Model 200 is 20 ft. longer than the Model 100, 10ft. in front and 10ft. aft of the wing. Accident summary Date April 27, 1976 Summary Pilot error Site St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands Passengers 81 Crew 7 Injuries (non-fatal) 39 (1 on the ground) Fatalities 37 Survivors 51 Aircraft type Boeing 727-23 Operator American Airlines Registration N1963 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. The American Airlines Boeing 727-23 (Registration N1963) overran the departure end of Runway 9 when landing at the 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.
Posted on: Sat, 22 Nov 2014 22:44:40 +0000
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