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Airbus A-300 Specifications
Wing Span	147 feet, 1 inch
Length	177 feet, 5 inches
Height	54 feet, 3 inches
Belly Capacity	3,910 cubic feet
Seating Capacity	267/266/192
No. of Engines	2
Engine Type	CF6-80C2A5 , by G.E.
Engine Thrust	61,500 lbs.
Max. Takeoff Weight	375,890 lbs.
Typical Cruise Speed	530 mph
Max. Cruise Altitude	42,000 ft.
Maximum Range	3,870 mi.
First Year of Service	1988

New York airspace returned to FAA Area general aviation airports now open, ATC priority to diverted flights Updated: 11/12/2001 1:14:14 PM ET — The military has returned New York airspace below 14,000 feet to FAA. All area airports, except Kennedy International, LaGuardia, and Newark, are now open. The New York temporary flight restriction area (TFR) has been returned to an 18 nm radius of the JFK VOR. However, operations to airports within 25 nm of the JFK VOR require ATC clearance. The FAA Command Center is now implementing a "diversion recovery" for White Plains, Teterboro, Morristown, and Caldwell Airports. Any flight that was diverted can request priority handling to get into these locations. Please check back to AOPA Online for instant updates on the FAA’s actions. AOPA monitoring NYC airspace situation in wake of crash Updated: 11/12/2001 1:45:23 PM ET — American Airlines Flight 587, an Airbus A300 bound for Santa Domingo, Dominican Republic, crashed at 9:17 a.m. ET, three minutes after takeoff from JFK airport. An engine and a wing reportedly separated from the aircraft before the fuselage came to rest in the residential Rockaway section of Queens, New York, about five miles southwest of JFK. Flight 587 carried 246 passengers, including 150 Dominican citizens, and nine crewmembers (families of passengers can call 800-245-0999 for more information). Four homes were consumed by post-crash fire, and more than a dozen more were damaged, according to New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer told reporters shortly after noon that no threats against airplanes had been received, and that the pilot of Flight 587 reported no trouble before the crash. The United Nations closed its headquarters but was not evacuated as news of the crash reached ministers from member nations gathered there for the annual General Assembly debate. NTSB is on-site and reports that the flight data recorder has been recovered. New York airspace closed — The military initially closed the airspace around New York to all flight operations and implemented a temporary flight restriction area (TFR) from the surface to 25,000 feet for a 25-nm radius around the JFK VOR. AOPA remained in contact with FAA headquarters and the air traffic control command center throughout the period. Aircraft information — The Airbus A300-600, N14053, went into service with American Airlines on July 12, 1988. It received its last A check on November 11, its last more extensive B check on October 3, and its last mainbase visit for major maintenance on December 9, 1999. It was scheduled for its next mainbase visit in July 2002. The aircraft used two GE CF6-801C2A5 high-bypass-ration turbofan engines. The number one (left) engine had accumulated 694 hours; the number two (right) engine had operated 9,788 hours and had last been overhauled 2,887 hours ago. According to American Airlines official Al Becker, these engines are normally overhauled at 10,000 hours. American Airlines operates 34 other A300s.