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Larisa Savitskaya survived a 5220-meter fall after a mid-air collision, overcoming incredible odds and a government cover-up.
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OTD in 2020, Air India Express Flight 1344 (VT-AXH) a Boeing 737-800 aborts two landing attempts but skids off of the end of the tabletop runway & slides down a 9–10.5 m (30–35 ft) slope, killing 19 passengers and both pilots. 169 passengers and crew however survive. 167 of them are injured.
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OTD in 1975, a chartered Royal Jordanian (on behalf of Royal Air Maroc) Boeing 707-300 (JY-AEE) crashes into a mountain while on approach to Agadir Inezgane Airport in Morocco. All 188 passengers and crew are killed.
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OTD in 1997, Korean Air Flight 801 (HL7468) a Boeing 747-300 crashes on Bijia Peak, south of Nimitz Hill, in Asan-Maina, Guam, while on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport.
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OTD in 1966, Braniff International Airways Flight 250 (N1553) a BAC 1-11-203AE crashes near Falls City Nebraska while en route to Omaha Eppley Airfield. All 42 passengers and crew are killed.
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OTD in 2005, Tuninter Flight 1153 (TS-LBB) an ATR-72-202 ditches into the Mediterranean Sea after a fuel exhaustion. 16 out of the 39 passengers and crew died. 11 out of the 23 survivors are injured.
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