| Date | 12 November 2001 | ||
| Type : | pilot error, wake turbulence | ||
| Location : | Queens, New York | ||
| Passengers : | 251 | ||
| Crew : | 9 | ||
| Fatalities : | 265 (including 5 on ground) | ||
| Survivors : | 0 | ||
| Aircraft involved : | Airbus A600 | ||
| Operator : | American Airlines | ||
| Aircraft registration : | N14053 | ||
| Flight origin : | New York JFK Airport | ||
| Destination : | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | ||
American Airlines Flight 587 was an American Airlines flight operated with an Airbus A300 between New York John F Kennedy Airport and Santo Domingo Las Americas Airport in the Dominican Republic. On 12 November 2001 the flight crashed shortly after takeoff into a residential area in Belle Harbor, a neighborhood of Queens. All 260 passengers and crew perished along with five people on the ground.
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