The data for the following story was gathered from the official accident report issued by the National Transportation Safety Board. As the sun set on the first day of June in 1999, passengers of ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (KTHV) – Sunday is the 15th anniversary of the crash of American Airlines Flight 1420 at Little Rock's airport. A sudden thunderstorm caused the flight out of Dallas to overrun the ...

Stephanie Manus had a bad feeling as Flight 1420 began its descent into Little Rock. "It felt and looked like we were in the eye of the storm," she said. "I remember thinking we shouldn't be landing." ...

Flight 1420, with 139 passengers and a crew of six, touched down at 11:50, as a storm was breaking. Pilot Buschmann landed at an angle in a strong crosswind, pulled back harder than recommended on the ...

LITTLE ROCK -- Confusion and misinformation about weather contributed to a 1999 American Airlines jet crash at Little Rock National Airport, according to depositions and airline documents. Flight 1420 ...

American Airlines Flight 1420 was racing to land during a violent thunderstorm—but one critical checklist item was missed, and it sealed the plane’s fate. This video reveals the shocking cockpit ...

LITTLE ROCK — Stephanie Manus is always only a word or thought away from a cue that will bring back the horror she experienced on American Airlines Flight 1420, a psychological expert testified ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - American Airlines issued the following statement Tuesday following the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) report on the probable cause of the Flight 1420 accident at ...