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#OTD In 1981: Somali Airlines Flight 40 (6O-SAY), a Fokker F27-600 Friendship, crashed near Balad, Somalia after takeoff, killing 50 occupants onboard.

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#OTD In 1994: Alas Chiricanas S.A. Flight 00901 (HP-1202AC), a Embraer EMB 110 Bandeirante, crashed in a forest near Enrique Adolfo Jiménez Airport
Colón, Panama, killing 21 occupants onboard.

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#OTD In 1989: United Airlines Flight 232 (N1819U), a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-10, crashed in Sioux Gateway Airport, Sioux City, Iowa after an engine failure while making an emergency landing, killing 112 of 296 occupants onboard.

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#OTD In 1967: Piedmont Airlines Flight 22 (N68650), a Boeing 727-22 & 21 SIERRA (N3121S), a Cessna 310, had a mid-air collision over Hendersonville, North Carolina, killing 82 occupants onboard both planes.

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#OTD In 1962: United Arab Airlines Flight 869 (SU-AMW), a De Havilland DH-106 Comet 4C, crashed in Khao Yai National Park, Nakhon Nayok province, Thailand, killing 26 occupants onboard.

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#OTD In 1961: Aerolíneas Argentinas S.A. Flight 644 (LV-ADW), a McDonnell Douglas DC-6, crashed in a field just 12 KM (7.5 MI) West of Pardo, Buenos Aires, Argentina, killing 67 occupants onboard.

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#OTD In 2002: Tanker 123 (N7620C), A Consolidated PB4Y-2 Super Privateer, crashed in a forest near Estes Park, Colorado, killing 2 crew members onboard after its wing detached.

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#OTD In 2014: Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (9M-MRD), a Boeing 777-2H6ER, was shot down by a Buk 9M38 surface-to-air missile transported from Russia & crashed in a field near Hrabove, Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, killing 298 occupants onboard during the 2014 Russo-Ukrainian War.

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#OTD In 2007: TAM Linhas Aéreas Airlines Flight 3054 (PR-MBK), an Airbus A320-233, crashed into the TAM Express Warehouse near São Paulo/Congonhas-Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport, São Paulo, Brazil, killing all 187 occupants onboard, including 12 more & injuring 27 more.

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#OTD In 2000: Alliance Air Flight 7412 (VT-EGD), a Boeing 737-2A8, crashed near Jay Prakash Narayan Airport, Patna, Bihar, India, killing 55 of 58 onboard, including 5 on the ground, injuring 3 & injuring 5 more.