BOAC Flight 783
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boac-flight-783-162-18051913
title:
BOAC Flight 783
text:
On 2 May 1953, BOAC Flight 783, a de Havilland Comet jetliner registered G-ALYV and operated by British Overseas Airways Corporation, broke up mid-air and crashed after encountering a severe squall, shortly after taking off from Calcutta, India. All 43 passengers and crew on board were killed. The crash was followed in less than a year by two more fatal accidents involving structural failure of Comet aircraft: BOAC Flight 781 and South African Airways Flight 201, after which the entire fleet was
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description:
1953 plane crash near Calcutta, India
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BOAC_Flight_783
date created:
2018-02-18T01:23:22Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T03:31:45Z
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