At least five passengers aboard a United Airlines flight (not pictured ... there have been several terrifying — and deadly — plane crashes, including the midair disaster over the Potomac ...

A Texas man was arrested for violently assaulting a flight attendant and a passenger while on board an American Airlines ...

Following that, a medical transport plane crashed in Northeast Philadelphia, a United Airlines flight started smoking shortly before takeoff in Houston, Texas, and a Delta Airlines flight crash ...