Air Midwest Flight 5481 (Charlotte, North Carolina)

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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, United States to Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport in Greer, South Carolina, near the cities of Greenville and Spartanburg; on 8 January 2003 a 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/Douglas International Airport.

All nineteen passengers and two pilots aboard died in the accident, and one person on the ground received minor injuries. None of the US Airways employees working in the hangar received injuries.[1] No flight attendants were on the flight because the Beech 1900D aircraft, with 19 seats, is exempt from US Federal regulations requiring a flight attendant. Operating without a flight attendant is considered normal for these aircraft.