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On 11 September 1991, Continental Express Flight 2574 is nearing the end of its flight from Laredo to Houston, Texas. But as the pilots are preparing to land, the plane tips into a severe dive and falls out of the sky as the left wing tears apart. All 14 people on board die in the disaster. Improper maintenance caused a section of the horizontal stabilizer to break loose in flight, after which the pilots had no control.
 
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Type of aircraft: Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia.

 Cause of disaster: Maintenance error.