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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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Middle Pleistocene Lizard and Bird fossils from the Nefud Desert in Saudi Arabia. Varanidae/Uromastyx (A), Uromastyx (Spiny-tailed Lizards B), Ostrich (Struthio sp. C), and Grebe (Tachybaptus sp. D) for the first ones.
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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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OTD in 1984, A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27-600 Friendship (S2-ABJ) crashes into a marsh near Zia International Airport while landing in poor weather. All 49 passengers and crew are killed.
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OTD in 2009, Bangkok Airways Flight 266 (HS-PGL) an ATR-72-200 skids off the runway while landing at Samui International Airport in Thailand and crashes into an old & unmanned control tower. Out of 72 passengers and crew, 71 survive (41 are however injured & one of the pilots was the sole fatality).
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OTD in 1984, A Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27-600 Friendship (S2-ABJ) crashes into a marsh near Zia International Airport while landing in poor weather. All 49 passengers and crew are killed.
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