Eastern Air Lines Flight 537
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Eastern Air Lines Flight 537
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Eastern Air Lines Flight 537, registration N88727, was a Douglas DC-4 aircraft en route from Boston, Massachusetts, to Washington, D.C., via intermediate points on November 1, 1949. NX-26927 was a Lockheed P-38 Lightning being test-flown for acceptance by the government of Bolivia by Erick Rios Bridoux of the Bolivian Air Force. The two aircraft collided in mid-air at an altitude of 300 feet about half a mile southwest of the threshold of Runway 3 at Washington National Airport, killing all 55 a
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1949 mid-air collision
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Air_Lines_Flight_537
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2024-02-06T13:52:25Z
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