Connellan air disaster
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connellan-air-disaster-178-1168193
title:
Connellan air disaster
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The Connellan air disaster was a suicide attack at Alice Springs Airport, Northern Territory, Australia, on 5 January 1977. The attack was carried out by a disgruntled former employee of Connellan Airways, who flew a Beechcraft Baron into the Connair complex at the airport. The attack killed the pilot and four other people and injured four more, two of them seriously. The disaster is one of only two aircraft suicide attacks in Australia's history, the other being in 1982 at Bankstown Airport.
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1977 suicide attack in Alice Springs, Northern Territory
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connellan_air_disaster
date created:
2010-11-19T09:35:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-04T10:20:24Z
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