What is American Airlines Flight 587?
{{Infobox aircraft occurrence | occurrence_type = Accident | name = American Airlines Flight 587 | image = Airbus A300B4-605R, American Airlines AN0201219.jpg | alt = | caption = N14053, the aircraft involved in the accident, picture taken in [[Mexico City]] one year and eight months before the accident. | date = {{start-date|November 12, 2001}} | summary = {{hlist|Separation of the [[vertical stabilizer]] following excessive rudder input}} | type = Airbus A300B4-605R | site = [[Belle Harbor, Queens|Belle Harbor]], [[Queens]], [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States | coordinates = {{Coord|40|34|38|N|73|51|02|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=accident site}} | total_fatalities = 265 | fatalities = 260 | aircraft_type = [[Airbus A300]]B4-605R | origin = [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]]<br />[[New York City]], [[United States]] | stopover = | stopover0 = | last_stopover = | destination = [[Las Américas International Airport]]<br />[[Santo Domingo]], [[Dominican Republic]] | aircraft_name = | operator = [[American Airlines]] | tail_number = N14053 | passengers = 251 | crew = 9 | injuries = | missing = | survivors = 0 | occupants = 260 | ground_fatalities = 5 | ground_injuries = 1 }} [[File:Flight 587 NOAA Photo of Crash Site.jpg|alt=|thumb|The crash site. The plane crashed in the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, at the intersection of Newport Avenue and Beach 131st Street. Everyone aboard Flight 587, along with 5 people on the ground were killed.]] '''[[American Airlines]] Flight 587''' was a scheduled commercial flight from [[John F. Kennedy International Airport]] in [[New York City]] to Las Américas International Airport in the [[Dominican Republic]]. The aircraft was a [[Airbus A300|Airbus A300-600]]. On November 12, 2001, the aircraft crashed into the [[Belle Harbor]] neighborhood of [[Queens, New York]], killing all 260 people on board plus 5 people on the ground.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20011112-0 |