Tag: thunderstorm accident
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Today In 1962: The Four-Month-Old Boeing 707 That Vanished Into A Thunderstorm-Driven Mountain Just Minutes Before Landing
On June 22, 1962, Air France Flight 117, a Boeing 707-328 named Château de Chantilly, was nearing the end of a long intercontinental journey when disaster struck over the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe. What makes the tragedy particularly haunting is that the aircraft was only about four months old and had successfully completed most of…
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Today In 1999, Racing The Thunderstorm – How American Airlines Flight 1420 Ended In Disaster
Today in 1999, a passenger jet carrying 145 people raced a powerful thunderstorm toward Little Rock, Arkansas, in a desperate attempt to land before the weather completely closed in. Just minutes later, the aircraft would slide off the runway at highway speeds, tear through airport structures, break apart in the darkness, and become one of…
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