1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred on Saturday, June 30, 1956 at 10:30 am Pacific Standard Time when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the Grand Canyon within the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park, resulting in the crash of both airliners. All 128 on board both flights perished. It was the first commercial airline crash to result in more than 100 deaths, and led to sweeping changes in the control of flights in the United States. The location of the crash has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision occurred on Saturday, June 30, 1956 at 10:30 am Pacific Standard Time when a United Airlines Douglas DC-7 struck a Trans World Airlines Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation over the Grand Canyon within the boundaries of Grand Canyon National Park, resulting in the crash of both airliners. All 128 on board both flights perished. It was the first commercial airline crash to result in more than 100 deaths, and led to sweeping changes in the control of flights in the United States. The location of the crash has been designated a National Historic Landmark.
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1956年大峽谷空中相撞事件是在美國當地時間1956年6月3 ...... 上最嚴重的商用客機空難。事件促使美國徹底改變原有的飛行規則。
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... ت عن: تصادم غراند كانيون الجوي
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Katastrofa lotnicza nad Wielki ...... rofę lotniczą w tamtym czasie.
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La Colisión aérea en el Gran C ...... e vuelo en los Estados Unidos.
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La collision aérienne du Grand ...... zona, 128 personnes périssent.
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La collisione aerea del Grand ...... to National Historic Landmark.
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O desastre aéreo do Grand Cany ...... ento aéreo dos Estados Unidos.
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The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air ...... a National Historic Landmark.
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United-Air-Lines-Flug 718 war ...... iden Maschinen getötet wurden.
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Столкновение над Большим каньо ...... воздушным движением в стране.
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An artist's impression of United Airlines Flight 718 colliding with TWA Flight 2.
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1956-06-30
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United Airlines Flight 718
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A United Airlines Douglas DC-7, similar to the one involved.
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Mainliner Vancouver
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Star of the Seine over the Grand Canyon, several years before the incident
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Star of the Seine
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1956年大峽谷空中相撞事件是在美國當地時間1956年6月3 ...... 上最嚴重的商用客機空難。事件促使美國徹底改變原有的飛行規則。
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25بك المحتوى هنا ينقصه الاستشه ...... ئرة المتحدة والطائرة الأمريكية
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Katastrofa lotnicza nad Wielki ...... rofę lotniczą w tamtym czasie.
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La Colisión aérea en el Gran C ...... e vuelo en los Estados Unidos.
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La collision aérienne du Grand ...... zona, 128 personnes périssent.
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La collisione aerea del Grand ...... to National Historic Landmark.
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O desastre aéreo do Grand Cany ...... ento aéreo dos Estados Unidos.
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The 1956 Grand Canyon mid-air ...... a National Historic Landmark.
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United-Air-Lines-Flug 718 war ...... iden Maschinen getötet wurden.
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Столкновение над Большим каньо ...... к — 70 на L-1049 и 58 на DC-7.
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1956 Grand Canyon mid-air collision
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1956年大峽谷空中相撞事件
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Colisión aérea en el Gran Cañón de 1956
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Collision aérienne du Grand Canyon en 1956
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Collisione aerea del Grand Canyon
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Desastre aéreo do Grand Canyon
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Flugzeugkollision über dem Grand Canyon
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Katastrofa lotnicza nad Wielkim Kanionem
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Столкновение над Большим каньоном
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تصادم غراند كانيون الجوي
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