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On This Day In 1963, Swissair Flight 306 took off through fog, but minutes later flames appeared beneath its wing, shortly thereafter crashing and killing all 80 aboard.
On September 4, 1963, Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III named Schaffhausen, departed Zurich Airport for Rome via Geneva. There were 74 passengers and six crew members aboard. What began as a routine morning flight quickly became a disaster after a chain of events that started before the aircraft even left the…
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