USAir Flight 1493

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**USAir 1493 collision**
Summary
Date	February 1, 1991
Type	Runway collision
Site	LA International Airport, CA
Fatal Injuries	34, total for both planes
Serious Injuries	??
Aircraft 1
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-300
Operator	USAir
Registration	N388US
Passengers	83
Crew	6
Survivors	77
Aircraft 2
Aircraft type	Fairchild Metro III
Operator	SkyWest
Registration	N683AV
Passengers	10
Crew	2
Survivors	0

USAir Flight 1493 was a Boeing 737-300 commercial jet en route from Syracuse Hancock International Airport, New York to Los Angeles International Airport, California via Port Columbus International Airport, Ohio on 1 February 1991. Immediately after landing on runway 24L at Los Angeles International Airport, it collided with SkyWest Flight 5569, a twin-engine turbo-prop Fairchild Metro III plane en route to Palmdale, California.

The pilot of the USAir plane was cleared to land on runway 24L. Six minutes later, Skywest 5569 was directed to move onto runway 24L for takeoff and hold in position. The SkyWest flight was at taxiway 45, some distance down the runway from the threshold, since it did not need the entire length of the runway for takeoff. Three minutes later the 737 touched down, then ran into the SkyWest Metro, which was still holding in position. The two planes slid down the runway, then off to the side, coming to rest against an unoccupied firehouse, and burst into flame. All 12 people on the Metro were killed (10 passengers and 2 pilots), and 22 of the 99 aboard the 737 perished (20 passengers, 1 pilot and 1 flight attendant).