BOAC Flight 781
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boac-flight-781-163-634249
title:
BOAC Flight 781
text:
BOAC Flight 781 was a scheduled British Overseas Airways Corporation passenger flight from Singapore to London. On 10 January 1954, a de Havilland Comet passenger jet operating the flight suffered an explosive decompression at altitude and crashed, killing all 35 people on board. The aircraft, registered G-ALYP, had taken off shortly before from Ciampino Airport in Rome, en route to Heathrow Airport in London, on the final leg of its flight from Singapore. After it exploded, the debris from the
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description:
1954 plane crash near Elba Island, Italy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_781
date created:
2006-01-11T13:06:53Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:24:46Z
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