Remembering November 12,2001: The Tragic Flight Of AA Flight 587
 | | On November 12, 2001, American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A33-600 model, spiraled into the intersection of Newport Avenue and Beach 131 Street in Belle Harbor, killing all 260 on the plane and five local residents in their homes. On November 12, we will celebrate their memories at the Beach 116 Street Flight 587 Memorial site. |
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 | | A number of homes were destroyed by the crash. All of them have now been rebuilt, albeit by new homeowners. |
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 | | One of the airliner's engines wound up in Bulloch's Gas Station on Beach 129 Street, two blocks from the main crash site. Bulloch and his workers put out the fire with a garden hose. |
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 | | An NTSB investigator takes a close look at the tail section of the downed airliner. |
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 | | An NYPD launch and a small boat from the National Park Police pick up a piece of the airliner's tail from Jamaica Bay. The tail was ripped from the plane, the National Transportation Safety Board ruled, by the overaggressive use of the rudders by First Officer Sten Molin, who was flying the departure from JFK Airport that morning. |
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 | | The aircraft's other engine sits in the rear yard of a home on Beach 128 Street. The fire started by the engine destroyed the home, which is presently being rebuilt. |
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 | | Firefighters, police and civilians all joined to fight the fires generated by the crash. |
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 | | The day after the crash, rescue workers and investigators comb the site, looking for clues as to why the crash occurred. |
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 | | Several homes were set on fire by the crash. |
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