Western Airlines Flight 2605
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western-airlines-flight-2605-171-17298895
title:
Western Airlines Flight 2605
text:
Western Airlines Flight 2605, nicknamed the "Night Owl", was an international scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles, California, to Mexico City, Mexico. On October 31, 1979, at 5:42 a.m. CST (UTC−06:00), the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 used on the flight crashed at Mexico City International Airport in fog after landing on a runway that was closed for maintenance. Of the 89 people on board, 72 were killed, in addition to a maintenance worker who died when the plane struck his vehicle. Flight 26
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1979 aviation accident
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Airlines_Flight_2605
date created:
2007-11-30T16:02:33Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T12:50:33Z
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