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Sunday, February 22, 2026

On This Day in Pennsylvania, Forty Years Ago, a Miracle Happened

On February 22, 1986, a USAir flight was unable to stop on a snowy runway in Erie, Pennsylvania. The plane skidded off the end of the runway, crashed across a public roadway, and was totaled. The crash was attributed to pilot error. All passengers and crew survived, with one passenger receiving... Sign in to see full entry.

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