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American History

mahatmakanejeeves

(60,915 posts) Sun Jun 30, 2024, 11:24 AM Jun 2024

On this day, June 30, 1956, 128 people died as a result of a mid-air collision over the Grand Canyon.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June_30

• 1956 – A TWA Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC-7 collide above the Grand Canyon in Arizona and crash, killing all 128 on board both airliners.

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On this day, June 30, 1956, 128 people died as a result of a mid-air collision over the Grand Canyon. (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Jun 2024 OP

In all that airspace over the montanacowboy Jun 2024 #1

montanacowboy

(6,300 posts)

1. In all that airspace over the

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sun Jun 30, 2024, 01:28 PM

Jun 2024

Grand Canyon they never saw each other. This was before the days of radar tracking - hard to believe you were on your own out there.

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