Flight 96 was on its way to La Guardia Airport in New York City that evening, with a stopover in Buffalo. Captain Bryce McCormick took a moment to appreciate the 180-degree view through the curved window of the cockpit, and leaned back and took a sip of coffee. Almost five minutes had passed since the wide-body jet had lifted off the runway at Michigan’s Detroit Metropolitan–Wayne County Airport at 7:20 p.m. The plane came to rest with its nose on the pavement, just beyond a stop sign and near parked cars.On June 12, 1972, American Airlines Flight 96, a DC-10, broke through a spotty cloud layer over the Canadian industrial city of Windsor, Ontario. The Detroit News, citing city spokesman John Roach, reported the plane had been trailing a banner over crowds gathered for the annual fireworks. Detroit police spokeswoman Nicole Kirkwood told the Detroit Free Press that the woman on the ground who was electrocuted was in serious condition. The pilot suffered minor abrasions and was able to climb out of the plane. Located near the crash site on Detroit’s east side, the small airport also is known as City Airport. Young International Airport, Molinaro said. “I was walking up the street here, and then all of a sudden, a plane was just a little too low and it actually hit poles and a wire here,” witness Dondra Mainor told WDIV-TV. The pilot reported engine failure, Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Tony Molinaro said Tuesday, and he anticipated it would take a few weeks to investigate the crash. DETROIT > A small plane that had been trailing a banner over crowds gathered for a fireworks display crash-landed in a Detroit residential street, injuring the pilot and a bystander who was electrocuted by a power line that the aircraft brought down, authorities said.Įarly reports by police suggested the plane had to land Monday night because it was running out of fuel.
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