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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.
By the 1990s, trees and brush had covered most of the crash site. [citation needed] As of 2022, the crash site was mostly undeveloped woodland surrounded by houses. The site has recently been clear cut as of 2023. [citation needed] Memorial to the crash of TWA Flight 529 located in Prairie Trail Park, Willowbrook, Illinois.
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.
David Madison/Getty Images The American Airlines flight that killed 14 figure skaters after colliding with an Army helicopter has strikingly similar parallels to a 1961 collision that killed the ...
12 July 1961 Panshet Dam failure [40] Pune, India ... 2011 Sabarimala crowd crush, ... Bettmeralp cable car crash [99] [100] Bettmeralp, Switzerland 12
On Feb. 15, 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating team died in a plane crash in Belgium on its way to the that year's world championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
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They receive the 1961 Bendix Trophy for their flight. May 26 – A U.S. Air Force B-58 Hustler flies from New York City to Paris in a record 3 hours, 19 minutes, 41 seconds, covering the 4,612-mile (7,427-km) distance at an average speed of 1,386 miles per hour (1,205 knots ; 2,232 km/h). [ 2 ]