page_title: American Airlines Flight 587
hierarchical_section_title: American Airlines Flight 587
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context_page_description: American Airlines Flight 587 was a scheduled commercial flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Las Américas International Airport in the Dominican Republic. The aircraft used was a Airbus A300-600. On November 12, 2001, the aircraft crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, New York. All 260 people on the flight were killed. Five people on the ground were also killed. The crash was caused by the failure of the plane's tail because of pilot error in wake turbulence. It is the second-deadliest plane crash in the United States after American Airlines Flight 191, which occurred on May 25, 1979.
  Since accident took place two months and one day after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan. It lead people to believe that the crash was caused by terrorism.
context_section_description: American Airlines Flight 587 was a scheduled commercial flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to  Las Américas International Airport in the Dominican Republic. The aircraft used was a Airbus A300-600. On November 12, 2001, the aircraft crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, New York. All 260 people on the flight were killed. Five people on the ground were also killed. The crash was caused by the failure of the plane's tail because of pilot error in wake turbulence (turbulence that forms behind an airplane as it goes through the air). It is the second-deadliest plane crash in the United States after American Airlines Flight 191, which occurred on May 25, 1979.
  Since accident took place two months and one day after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in Manhattan. It lead people to believe that the crash was caused by terrorism.
caption: The crash site. The plane crashed in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, at the intersection of Newport Avenue and Beach 131st Street. Everyone aboard Flight 587,  along with 5 people on the ground were killed.
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