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14 hours ago · The Royal Air Force said its collection of wartime fighter and bomber aircraft was grounded after a pilot was killed in a crash while flying a Spitfire. Sunday, June 02, 2024 9:15 am (Paris ...
14 hours ago · 3 June 1962 - Air France Flight 007, a chartered Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Orly due to a mechanical failure. 130 people die. 22 June 1962 - Air France Flight 117 crashes into a hill and explodes killing all 113 on board. 24 January 1966 - Air India Flight 101, a Boeing 707-437 operated by Air India hits Mont Blanc. All 106 passengers ...
14 hours ago · CARENTAN-LES-MARAIS, France (AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ...
14 hours ago · The Air France robbery took place in April 1967 when associates of the Lucchese crime family stole $420,000 (equivalent of approximately $3.8 million in 2023) from the Air France cargo terminal at the airport. It was the largest cash robbery in the United States at the time.
14 hours ago · Marie-France Garaud, 90, French politician and political advisor, MEP (1999–2004). Bob Grant, 77, American football player (Baltimore Colts, Washington Redskins). L. Martin Griffin, 103, American environmentalist. Darryl Hickman, 92, American actor (The Grapes of Wrath, Leave Her to Heaven, Fighting Father Dunne).
14 hours ago · The Hellenic Air Force (HAF; Greek: Πολεμική Αεροπορία, romanized: Polemikí Aeroporía, lit. 'Military Aviation', sometimes abbreviated as ΠΑ) is the air force of Greece (Hellenic being the endonym for Greek in the Greek language).
14 hours ago · The bad weather that had caused the Canadian Pacific crash the day before also caused exceptionally strong winds around Mt. Fuji, and the BOAC jet encountered severe turbulence that caused the aircraft to break up in mid-air near the city of Gotemba, Shizuoka Prefecture at an altitude of 16,000 feet (4,900 m), killing all 113 passengers and 11 crew. The debris field was over 16 kilometres (10 ...
