Flight Details
American Airlines Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Jamaica, New York, to Las Americas International Airport, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The aircraft, an Airbus Industrie A300-605R registered as N14053, carried 2 flight crewmembers, 7 flight attendants, and 251 passengers.
Accident Sequence
On November 12, 2001, about 0916:15 eastern standard time, Flight 587 crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, shortly after takeoff from JFK. During flight, the airplane's vertical stabilizer and rudder separated 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 located several blocks north and east of the main wreckage site.
Damages and Fatalities
All 260 people aboard the airplane and 5 people on the ground were killed. The airplane was destroyed by impact forces and a postcrash fire.
Operating Conditions
The flight was operating under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 121 on an instrument flight rules flight plan. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident.