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'''Air Midwest Flight 5481''' operating as '''US Airways Express Flight 5481''', was a flight from [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], [[United States]] to [[Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport]] in [[Greer, South Carolina|Greer]], [[South Carolina]], near the cities of [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]] and [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]]; on [[January 8]], [[2003]] a [[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900D]] operated by [[Air Midwest]] as [[US Airways Express]] under a franchise agreement used for the route crashed into a US Airways hangar and burst into flames 37 seconds after leaving Charlotte Airport.
'''Air Midwest Flight 5481''' operating as '''US Airways Express Flight 5481''', was a flight from [[Charlotte/Douglas International Airport]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina|Charlotte]], [[North Carolina]], [[United States]] to [[Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport]] in [[Greer, South Carolina|Greer]], [[South Carolina]], near the cities of [[Greenville, South Carolina|Greenville]] and [[Spartanburg, South Carolina|Spartanburg]]; on [[January 8]], [[2003]] a [[Beechcraft 1900|Beechcraft 1900D]] operated by [[Air Midwest]] as [[US Airways Express]] under a franchise agreement used for the route crashed into a US Airways hangar and burst into flames 37 seconds after leaving Charlotte Airport.
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[[Date:=2003-01-08]]
[[Aircraft_Type:=1900]]
[[Airline:=Air Midwest]]
[[Airline_Code:=ZV]]
[[State_Code:=NC]]
[[Airport_Code:=CLT]]
[[Accident_Cause:=Mechanical (elevators)]]
[[Miles_Traveled:=1]]
[[Fatalities:=21]]
[[Survivors:=0]]
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All 19 passengers and 2 pilots aboard died in the accident, and 1 person on the ground received minor injuries. None of the US Airways employees working in the hangar received injuries. <ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20030210174317/www.usairways.com/about/press/nw_03_0108b.htm AIR MIDWEST FLIGHT 5481 NOTIFICATION #2]," ''[[US Airways]]''</ref>
All 19 passengers and 2 pilots aboard died in the accident, and 1 person on the ground received minor injuries. None of the US Airways employees working in the hangar received injuries. <ref>"[http://web.archive.org/web/20030210174317/www.usairways.com/about/press/nw_03_0108b.htm AIR MIDWEST FLIGHT 5481 NOTIFICATION #2]," ''[[US Airways]]''</ref>
