Tag: Airliner Shootdown
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On This Day In Aviation History: Communist Bulgaria Shot Down El Al Flight 402 – All 58 On Board Perished
July 27, 1955, remains one of the darkest and most controversial days in civil aviation history. In the tense atmosphere of the Cold War, a routine international passenger flight became the target of military fighter jets, ending in a tragedy that shocked the world. El Al Flight 402, a Lockheed L-049 Constellation, had departed London…
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