2012 Event A video of SpaceX's latest test of the company's Grasshopper rocket with vertical takeoff and vertical landing, is released; the rocket rose 131 feet, hovered and landed safely on the landing pad December 17, 2012 2003 Event Union des Transports Africains de Guinee flight 141 crashes on takeoff from Cotonou Airport 2000 Event A Concorde jet crashes outside of Paris after takeoff killing 113 passengers 1982 Event 50 die in Spantax Airlines DC-10 on takeoff from Malaga, Spain 1979 Event American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 1972 Event Antique F86 Sabrejet fails to takeoff at air show, kills 22 1972 Event BEA Trident crashes after takeoff from Heathrow killing 118 1962 Event Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130 1961 Event Dutch DC-8 crashes after takeoff at Lisbon, 62 die 1946 Event United flight 521 crashes on takeoff at LaGuardia Airport (NY) 42 die 1927 Birthday G Randall P D Garrett, U.S., sci-fi writer, Takeoff, too, !
