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2001: tragic year for airplanes accidents

Washington, Usa - 531 victims

Mainly because of September 11th terrorist attacks, 2001 as a far as airplanes accidents are concerned, has been a year to be forgotten. According to data spread by the National Transportation Safety Board (Ntsb) in fact 531 people died in aircraft accidents last year. Only 1977, because of the two Boeing collision on Canaries islands airport runway, has been worst than 2001 with 582 victims. 265...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 25725
Rome, Italy, 03/27/2002 16:41
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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