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| Date: | Tuesday 25 October 1960 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Boeing 707-123 |
| Owner/operator: | American Airlines |
| Registration: | N7508A |
| MSN: | 17635/15 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 126 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Unknown |
| Location: | Dallas Carswell Air Force Base, Texas USA -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Los Angeles International Airport, CA (LAX/KLAX) |
| New York - Idlewild | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Flight AA24 with 118 passengers and 8 crew from Los Angeles to New York with a scheduled stop at Dallas Love field. On approach to Love the nosewheel wouldn't extend and the crew decided to make an emergency landing at the nearby Carswell Air Force Base.
Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI4Ab-e2_gY
https://www.jetflix.tv/2016/12/24/american-airlines-boeing-707-crash-landing-carswell-afb/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 5 April 1977 | N7508A | American Airlines | 0 | near Saint Louis, MO | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-May-2017 19:54 | whiteshark | Added |
| 23-May-2017 09:48 | Whiteshark | Updated [Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 25-May-2017 17:25 | Anon. | Updated [Country, Departure airport, Destination airport, ] |
| 22-Jun-2017 13:02 | whiteshark | Updated [Total occupants, Source, Narrative, ] |
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