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** Braniff Airlines Flight 250 crashes in Falls City, Nebraska, killing all 42 on board.
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** and Braniff
** Braniff International Airways is declared bankrupt and ceases all flights.
** and Airlines
** Republic Airlines, a regional air carrier affiliated with US Airways
** Republic Airlines ( 1979-1986 ), a defunct airline purchased by Northwest Airlines that ceased operating in 1986
** SAS or Scandinavian Airlines, an airline company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
** SAS or Scandinavian Airlines, an airline company in Denmark, Norway and Sweden
** Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashes off the California coast into the Pacific Ocean, killing 88.
** Malaysia Airlines Flight 653 is hijacked and crashes in Tanjung Kupang, Johor, Malaysia, killing all 100 passengers and crew on board.
** Asiana Airlines Flight 733 crashes into Mt.
** Albert Guay affair: A dynamite bomb destroys Canadian Pacific Airlines Douglas DC-3 in Quebec.
** At Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Northwest Airlines Flight 1482 ( a McDonnell Douglas DC-9 ) collides with Northwest Airlines Flight 299 ( a Boeing 727 ) on the runway, killing 8 passengers and 4 crewmembers on Flight 1482.
** Ethiopian Airlines Flight 961 is hijacked, then crashes into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Comoros after running out of fuel, killing 125.
** A Unabomber bomb injures United Airlines president Percy Wood in Lake Forest, Illinois.
** Trans-Canada Airlines Flight 831, a Douglas DC-8 carrying 118, crashes into a wooded hillside after taking-off from Dorval International Airport near Montreal, killing all on board ( the worst air disaster for many years in Canada's history ).
** American Airlines Flight 320, a Lockheed L-188 Electra heading from Chicago to New York City, crashes into the East River, killing 65 of the 73 people on board.
** New York air disaster: a United Airlines DC-8 collides in mid-air with a TWA Lockheed Constellation over Staten Island in New York City.
** In the People's Republic of China, a China Southern Airlines domestic flight crashes, killing all 141 people on board.
** An Iberian Airlines passenger plane crashes into a 250-meter peak on the island of Ibiza ; 104 are killed.
** United Airlines Boeing 737 from Washington National to Chicago Midway crashes short of the runway, killing 43 of 61 passengers and 2 people on the ground.
** The first revenue flight for Belgium's SABENA Airlines takes place.
** Canadian Pacific Airlines Flight 402 crashes while landing at Tokyo International Airport in Japan, killing 64 of 72 persons on board.
** A USAir Boeing 737-300, Flight 1493 collides with a SkyWest Airlines Fairchild Metroliner, Flight 5569 at Los Angeles International Airport, killing 34.
** United Airlines Flight 585 crashes in Colorado Springs, Colorado, killing all 25 people on board.
** An American Airlines Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff at New York International Airport, after a rudder malfunction causes an uncontrolled roll, resulting in the loss of control of the aircraft, with the loss of all life on board.
** and Flight
** Flight dynamics, the science of aircraft and spacecraft design
** Flight of the Wild Gander: Explorations in the Mythological Dimension: Select Essays 1944-1968 New World Library, 3rd ed.
** TAP Portugal Flight 425 crashes at Madeira Airport, Funchal, Portugal, killing 131 and leaving 33 survivors.
** Pacific Air Lines Flight 773 crashes near San Ramon, California, killing all 44 aboard ; the FBI later reports that a cockpit recorder tape indicates that the pilot and co-pilot had been shot by a suicidal passenger.
** Korean Air Flight 801 crash lands west of Guam International Airport, resulting in the deaths of 228 people.
** An air crash in Indonesia ( likely caused by smoke rising from numerous forest fires in the area ) kills 235 people ( see Garuda Indonesia Flight 152 ).
** The U. S. Navy blimp L-8 ( Flight 101 ) comes ashore near San Francisco, eventually coming down in Daly City ( the crew is missing ).
** Avianca Flight 52 crashes into Cove Neck, Long Island, after a miscommunication between the flight crew and JFK Airport officials, killing 73 people on board.
** Faucett Flight 251 in route from Lima to Rodriguez Ballon airport crashes into a mountain near Arequipa ; all 123 people on board are killed.
** Paris and Rome-bound TWA Flight 800 ( Boeing 747 ) explodes off the coast of Long Island, New York, killing all 230 on board.
** A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 airliner ( Swissair Flight 111 ) crashes near Peggys Cove, Nova Scotia, after taking off from New York City en-route to Geneva ; all 229 people on board are killed.
** A lightning strike causes the crashing of Pan Am Flight 214 near Elkton, Maryland, killing 81 people.
** Cubana Flight 455 crashes due to a bomb placed by anti-Fidel Castro terrorists, after taking off from Bridgetown, Barbados.
** Thai Airways Flight 311 operated by Airbus A310-300 crashes into a mountain north of Kathmandu, Nepal killing all 113 people on board.
** China General Aviation Flight 7552 bound for Xiamen crashes soon after taking off from Nanjing Dajiaochang Airport, killing 108 of the 116 people on board.
** A Colombian Boeing 727 jetliner, Avianca Flight 410, crashes into the side of the mountains near the Venezuelan border, killing 143.
** and 250
** Gongsun Long ( c. 325 BC – c. 250 BC )
** 250 Prairie Division
** 1 × fixed 250 kg ( 551 lb ) bomb for kamikaze attacks
** Vehicles on road: 4. 2 million vehicles 250, 000 commercial vehicles ( 2004 estimate )
** Top speed ( US model ) is now in excess of 250 km / h ( 155 mph ).
** Approximately 250 bp upstream of the start site
** In southern Nigeria, a leaking petroleum pipeline explodes, killing about 250 villagers who were scavenging gasoline.
** A labor dispute ignites a race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois, which leaves 250 dead.
** Vietnam War: In Washington, DC, 250, 000 – 500, 000 protesters stage a peaceful demonstration against the war, including a symbolic " March Against Death ".
** The steamer Danae () carrying 350 Cretan Jews and 250 Cretans on the first leg of their way to Auschwitz was sunk without survivors off the shore of Santorini.
** Proposed budget cuts by Benjamin Netanyahu spark protests from 250, 000 workers, who shut down services across Israel.
** California Jam is held at the Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, attracting 250, 000 fans.
** Air France begins operations with 250 planes.
** Royal Thai Army 250 Units
** Arsaces I, King of Parthia from 250 BC and son of Phriapites, a chief of the seminomadic Parni tribe from the Caspian steppes
** 250, 000 Francs or 16, 600 special drawing rights ( SDR ) for personal injury ;
** 4 × 250 lb ( 113 kg ) bombs or
** Issue # 250 ( Short Story artist, with Peter Milligan as writer of " The Curse of Christmas ", 2008 )
** € 18, over 150 GB to 250 GB
** € 21, over 250 GB
** 5 €, over 250 GB to 950 GB
** 2 × 20 mm MG 151 cannon, 250 rpg, in the wings
** Packard 250, see Packard 200
** Ferrari 250 GTO
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