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== Accident == | == Accident == | ||
At around 9 AM PST on 14th of march 1996. Golden Pacific flight 008 took off from Daniel Inouye Airport in Honolulu and started its 5 hour journey from | At around 9 AM PST on 14th of march 1996. Golden Pacific flight 008 took off from Daniel Inouye Airport in Honolulu and started its 5 hour journey from Hawaii to the GIA airport. The Boeing 767-265ER had 192 souls on board. The plane started its approach to land on runway 9R, however, right before the plane would be able to touch the runway, strong crosswinds pushed the plane slightly to the left and the plane had to go around and try again. Around 4:30 pm PST the plane touched the runway again and started slowing down. | ||
However, due to the heavy winds and a pilot error, the plane was pushed to the right and hit a taxiway sign causing it to lose a wheel tyre a few seconds after touchdown. Due to this the plane was not able to stop in time and ended up crashing through the fences and right into the busy highway [[I-205]]. The plane hit around 15 cars before the fuel exploded seconds later. | However, due to the heavy winds and a pilot error, the plane was pushed to the right and hit a taxiway sign causing it to lose a wheel tyre a few seconds after touchdown. Due to this the plane was not able to stop in time and ended up crashing through the fences and right into the busy highway [[I-205]]. The plane hit around 15 cars before the fuel exploded seconds later. | ||
[[File:Crash site.png|thumb|Helicopter footage of the crash site.]] | [[File:Crash site.png|thumb|Helicopter footage of the crash site.]] | ||
The plane crash ended up taking the life of | The plane crash ended up taking the life of 192 passengers on the plane and 12 people on highway I-205, and led to the hospitalization of 21 more people. | ||
The wing separated from the fuselage and hit the ILS systems, causing a short circuit and causing a small fire. The fire also caused the electricity supply of 27R's ILS systems to be disabled. | The wing separated from the fuselage and hit the ILS systems, causing a short circuit and causing a small fire. The fire also caused the electricity supply of 27R's ILS systems to be disabled. | ||