American Airlines Flight 587 was a scheduled commercial flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City to Las Américas International Airport in the Dominican Republic. The aircraft was a Airbus A300-600. On November 12, 2001, the aircraft crashed into the Belle Harbor neighborhood of Queens, New York, killing all 260 people on board plus 5 people on the ground. The crash was caused by the failure of the plane's tail because of pilot error in wake turbulence. It is the second-deadliest plane crash in the United States after American Airlines Flight 191, which occurred on May 25, 1979.