ATTACK on AMERICA - Crash of Flight 587

Crash of Flight 587

ATTACK
on AMERICA

William C. Lopez / AP

New York City firefighters work at the scene where American Airlines Flight 587 crashed in the Queens borough of New York Monday, Nov. 12, 2001. All 260 people aboard were killed, and at least six others were reported missing on the ground.

SLIDESHOW:
• Flames destroy homes in the Queens borough of New York

VIDEO:
• Amateur footage of crash scene
• WFAA-TV's Brett Shipp describes the scene hours after the crash
• American Airlines' Don Carty reacts
• Dallas Morning News' David Jackson describes the scene
• WFAA-TV's David Johnson comments on the economic impact the crash could have
• NTSB Chairwoman Marion Blakey
• NTSB Chairwoman says some wreckage from Flight 587 found in Jamaica Bay
• New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and Gov. George Pataki
• President Bush and former South African President Nelson Mandela appear at the White House to express condolences to the victims

New York City reels from another jetliner crash

Doomed flight ended quickly
WASHINGTON – American Airlines Flight 587 crashed just 18 seconds after hitting the second wake from a jet that took off before it.

Crash looking more and more like accident
WASHINGTON – Neither the pilots' conversations nor any background noises in the cockpit of American Airlines Flight 587 show any evidence that a terrorist attack or sabotage brought down the plane, the head of the National Transportation Safety Board said Monday.

Tragedy is close to home again for New York church
NEW YORK – St. Francis de Sales Church sits at the center of Rockaway Beach – both physically and spiritually. And that's a good thing. Because Monday, the small community in Queens had its spiritual mettle challenged again as it became the site of a new ground zero.

Friday, Nov. 16
• FAA orders tail inspections

Thursday, Nov. 15
• Doomed flight hit turbulence
• Crash officials study turbulence

Wednesday, Nov. 14
• Investigators focus on tail section
• Investigators retrieve data from damaged black box

Tuesday, Nov. 13
• Couple died in crash
• Plane crash victims' families gather to mourn
• Two killed in crash escaped Trade Center attack
• FAA: Jet engine type had issue
• Plane crash wreckage searched in NY
• Evidence points to mechanical failure
• No federal charge in diverted plane
• Bush team reacted quickly to crash
• Rattling noise heard in cockpit

Monday, Nov. 12
• Crash terrifies neighborhood
• Family feared dead in crash
• White House says no unusual communication from plane; officials doubt terrorism involved
• Hotline established for family members
• Airlines divert flights because of New York airport closures; travelers stranded
• A new disaster for neighborhood struggling with scores of deaths in trade center attack
• In Dominican Republic, relatives break down, crowd airport as they learn news of plane crash
• A300: Europe's answer to American domination of commercial aviation
• New York crash comes at a trying time for airlines and their passengers
• Quotes from witnesses, officials regarding jetliner crash
• Plane crashes in New York City
• Monday developments