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  2. Precision Air Flight 494 - Wikipedia

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    Crash location on a map of Tanzania. Precision Air Flight 494 (PW494) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight within Tanzania, from Julius Nyerere International Airport to Bukoba Airport via Mwanza Airport. On 6 November 2022, the ATR 42–500 plane crashed in Lake Victoria while attempting to land at Bukoba during bad weather and low visibility.

  3. UTair Flight 120 - Wikipedia

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    UTair Flight 120 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Tyumen to Surgut, Russia. [1] On 2 April 2012, the ATR-72 turboprop aircraft operating the flight crashed shortly after take-off from Roschino International Airport, killing 33 of the 43 people on board. [2] Investigation carried out by the Russian Interstate Aviation Committee ...

  4. Air transports of heads of state and government - Wikipedia

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    Air transports for heads of state and government are, in many countries, provided by the air force in specially equipped airliners or business jets. One such aircraft in particular has become part of popular culture: Air Force One, used by the President of the United States and operated by the United States Air Force.

  5. Lufthansa Flight 540 - Wikipedia

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    Lufthansa Flight 540 was a scheduled commercial flight for Lufthansa, serving the Frankfurt–Nairobi–Johannesburg route.. On 20 November 1974, the Boeing 747-130 that was operating as Flight 540 was carrying 157 people (140 passengers and 17 crew members) crashed and caught fire shortly after taking off from Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi for the last leg of the flight ...

  6. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit. Vance Drummond (1927–1967) was a New Zealand–born Australian pilot who fought in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Posted to No. 77 Squadron in Korea, he flew Gloster Meteor jet fighters and earned the US Air Medal for his combat skills. He was shot down in 1951 and imprisoned for almost two years.

  7. Cebu Pacific Flight 387 - Wikipedia

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    Cebu Pacific Flight 387 was a domestic Cebu Pacific flight from Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Metro Manila to Lumbia Airport in Cagayan de Oro. On February 2, 1998, the 30-year-old McDonnell Douglas DC-9 -32 crashed on the slopes of Mount Sumagaya in Claveria. The incident resulted in the deaths of all 104 passengers and crew on board.

  8. Kenya Airways - Wikipedia

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    Website. www .kenya-airways .com /ke /. Kenya Airways Ltd., more commonly known as Kenya Airways, is the flag carrier airline of Kenya. [5] The company was founded in 1977, after the dissolution of East African Airways. Its head office is located in Embakasi, Nairobi, [6] with its hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport.

  9. 1931 Transcontinental & Western Air Fokker F-10 crash

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    On March 31, 1931, a Fokker F-10 belonging to Transcontinental and Western Air crashed near Bazaar, Kansas after taking off from Kansas City Municipal Airport, Kansas City, Missouri . The scheduled flight was from Kansas City to Los Angeles, with a stopover in Wichita. [note 1] On this first leg, the wooden structure of one wing failed, causing ...