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#OnThisDay in 1983, Air Canada Flight 797 developed an in-flight fire behind the lavatory

35 years ago today, Air Canada Flight 797 (C-FTLU) was an international…

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How a Pan Am Clipper accidently circumnavigated the world

Writer and Historian, John Bull, has written a 3 part article on…

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The Trislander, dearly missed but never forgotten

The Britten-Norman BN2-A MK iii Trislander, the name is a mouthful, but…

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#OnThisDay in 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 crashes in the Andes

45 years ago today, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (T-571) was a…

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STORY No One Has Ever Left This Aircraft – Saudia #SV163

This is such a story, which finishes with a happy end and…

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STORY The most unbelievable flight – British Airways #BA9

This is a story about the whole series of simply unbelievable accidents,…

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#OnThisDay in 1977, KLM Flight 4805 collides with Pan Am Flight 1736 at Tenerife Los Rodeos Airport

40 years ago today, KLM Flight 4805 (PH-BUF) was a scheduled passenger…

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#OnThisDay in 2007, Garuda Indonesia Flight 200 overruns the runway on landing at Yogyakarta

10 years ago today, Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 200 (PK-GZC) was a…

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#OnThisDay in 2007, Adam Air Flight 172 lands at a force of 5G causing the fuselage to crack

10 years ago today, Adam Air Flight 172 (PK-KKV) was a scheduled…

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#OnThisDay in 1985, China Airlines Flight 006 plunges 30,000ft towards the Pacific Ocean

32 years ago today, China Airlines Flight 006 (N4522V) was a scheduled…

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