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Sabena Flight 548 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 15 February 1961, the Boeing 707-329 operating the flight crashed on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground.
Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1961 (33 P) Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in 1961" The following 29 pages are in this category, out of 29 total.
Wednesday's plane crash that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skating team members recalls memories of another tragedy nearly 64 years ago.
The 2011 Sabarimala crowd crush (often incorrectly described as a human stampede) took place on 14 January 2011, Makara Jyothi Day at Pullumedu near Sabarimala in Kerala, India. It broke out during an annual pilgrimage , killing 106 pilgrims and injuring about 100 more declared later as "National disaster". [ 1 ]
It was the first fatal crash of a Boeing 707 passenger jet. [50] Died in the crash of Sabena Flight 548: Dona Lee Carrier, 20, and her ice dance partner Roger Campbell, 19; Patricia Dineen, 25, and her husband and ice dance partner Robert Dineen, 25; Ray Hadley, Jr., 17, and his sister Ila Ray Hadley, 18, ice dance competitors
The father of American Airlines pilot Sam Lilley is advocating for stricter regulations in Washington, D.C., airspace after his son was one of 67 killed in the Jan. 29. collision.
ZOARVILLE ‒ The past year has been a tough one for students and staff at Tuscarawas Valley Local Schools, dealing with the loss of six members of the community who died in a bus crash on Nov. 14 ...
On 18 September 1961, a DC-6 passenger aircraft of Transair Sweden operating for the United Nations crashed near Ndola, Northern Rhodesia (present-day Zambia).The crash resulted in the deaths of all people on board, including Dag Hammarskjöld, the second secretary-general of the United Nations, and 15 others.