New York - Santo Domingo

On November 12, 2001 at 09:16 AM, New York - Santo Domingo experienced a crash involving Airbus A300-600, operated by American Airlines, with the event recorded near Belle Harbor New York.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a city crash site.

260 people were known to be on board, 265 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 101.9%.

Crew on board: 9, crew fatalities: 9, passengers on board: 251, passenger fatalities: 251, other fatalities: 5.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On November 12, 2001, about 0916:15 eastern standard time, American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus Industrie A300-605R, N14053, crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after takeoff from John F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York. Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight to Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, with 2 flight crewmembers, 7 flight attendants, and 251 passengers aboard the airplane. The airplane's vertical stabilizer and rudder separated in flight and were found in Jamaica Bay, about 1 mile north of the main wreckage site. The airplane's engines subsequently separated in flight and were found several blocks north and east of the main wreckage site. All 260 people aboard the airplane and 5 people on the ground were killed, and the airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a post crash fire. Flight 587 was operating under the provisions of 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.

Aircraft reference details include registration N14053, MSN 420, year of manufacture 1988.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 40.5768°, -73.8477°.