Editing San Jose International Airport (section)

== Accidents and incidents ==

* September 14–15, 1975 (1130 P – 130 A) – [[Continental Airlines]] – [[Boeing 727]] (jet parked overnight). Fred Salomon, a 24-year-old resident of San Jose, had raped a woman, attempted to rob a store, stolen two vehicles, kidnapped a doctor and four others, then attempted to hijack a Continental Airlines Boeing 727 at what was then called San Jose Municipal Airport. The gunman had taken two airline mechanics hostage, demanding that they start the engines on the aircraft. As it started to roll towards the runway, the tires were shot out by police. Standing in the doorway of the jet with a hostage in front of him, while negotiating with police, the gunman pointed his gun at them and was shot and killed by a police sharpshooter, who was positioned on top of the Main Terminal (Terminal C).
* October 25, 1999 – [[San Jose Police Department]] [[MD Helicopters MD 500|McDonnell Douglas 500N helicopter]] N904PD lost control while entering the traffic pattern at SJC during a maintenance ferry flight. The helicopter crashed into a city street, killing both of the occupants. There were no reported damage or injuries on the ground. The NTSB determined that temporary repairs made in order to ferry the helicopter back to SJC actually made the controllability problem that was intended to be solved worse. Pilot manuals and training for the [[NOTAR]] (no tail rotor) helicopter did not provide adequate preparation for the pilot experienced in conventional helicopters to recover from a stuck thruster condition which occurred.
* April 21, 2014 – A teenage boy scaled a security fence and [[Stowaway|stowed away]] in the wheel well of a [[Hawaiian Airlines]] Boeing 767, surviving the five-hour flight to [[Maui]]. Congressman [[Eric Swalwell]] reiterated his call to scrutinize San Jose Airport's security measures. An airport spokeswoman stated that the airport's security "meets and exceeds all federal requirements" and "our thoughts and prayers are with [the stowaway] and his family". She also noted that "no system is 100 percent and it is possible to scale an airport perimeter fence line, especially under cover of darkness and remain undetected and it appears that's what this teenager did."