Flight 587 crash an accident.
The NTSB has found that the crash of Flight 587, involving an American Airlines jet over New York City in November 2001, was an accident. (*) The federal government’s transportation safety department found that the cause was one or both of a defective design of the Airbus aircraft or pilot error. (†)
I had been concerned that the crash of Flight 587 was not an accident. (‡) That concern is now laid to rest.