Tag: Überlingen mid-air collision
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When a Passenger Jet and a Cargo Plane Collided at 35,000 Feet-And 71 Lives Were Lost-The Disaster That Changed Aviation Forever
Today in 2002: The Mid-Air Collision That Changed Aviation Forever — Opposite Safety Warnings Led to a Tragedy That Claimed 71 Lives On the night of July 1, 2002, one of the deadliest and most influential mid-air collisions in aviation history unfolded above the quiet German town of Überlingen, near Lake Constance. In a disaster…
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