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#OnThisDay in 1996, Saudi Flight 763 & Kazakhstan Flight 1907 collides over Charkhi Dadri, India

20 years ago today, Saudi Arabian Airlines Flight 763 (HZ-AIH) was a…

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#OnThisDay in 1996, TAM Flight 402 crashes on takeoff from São Paulo, Brazil

20 years ago today, TAM Transportes Aéreos Regionais Flight 402 (PT-MRK) was…

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#OnThisDay in 1956, Pan Am Flight 6 ditches in the Pacific Ocean

60 years ago, Pan Am Flight 6 (N90943) was an around a…

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#OnThisDay in 2001, Scandinavian Flight 686 collides with a CitationJet at Milan’s Linate Airport

15 years ago today, Scandinavian Airlines Flight 686 (SE-DMA) was a scheduled…

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#OnThisDay in 1996, Aeroperú Flight 603 crashes into the ocean off Pasamayo, Peru

20 years ago today, Aeroperú Flight 603 (N52AW) was a scheduled flight from…

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#OnThisDay in 2006, GOL Flight 1907 collides with an Embraer Legacy over the Amazon Jungle

10 years ago today, GOL Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 (PR-GTD) was a scheduled…

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#OnThisDay in 1961, a DC-6 carrying UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld crashes in Ndola

55 years ago today, a Douglas DC-6B (SE-BDY) carrying United Nations Secretary-General Dag…

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#OnThisDay in 1998, Swissair Flight 111 suffers a catastrophic cockpit fire near Halifax

18 years ago today, Swissair Flight 111 (HB-IWF) was a scheduled international passenger…

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#OnThisDay in 1986, Aeroméxico Flight 498 collides with a Piper PA-28 over Los Angeles

30 years ago today, Aeroméxico Flight 498 (XA-JED) was a scheduled passenger flight…

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#OnThisDay in 2006, Comair Flight 5191 crashes on takeoff from the wrong runway

10 years ago today, Comair Flight 5191 (N431CA) was a domestic passenger…

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#OnThisDay in 2015, A vintage jet crashes during a display at the Shoreham Airshow

1 year ago today, a Canfield Hunter Limited Hawker Hunter T7 (G-BXFI) was taking…

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#OnThisDay in 1985, Japan Airlines Flight 123 crashes into Mount Takamagahara, Japan

31 years ago today, Japan Airlines Flight 123 (JA8119) was a scheduled…

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