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The DC-10 touched down 2,800 feet (850 m) beyond the
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348:The part of the DC-10 that housed the aircraft
1369:Airliner accidents and incidents caused by ice
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684:British Army Gazelle friendly fire incident
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1186:Japan Air Lines Cargo Flight 1628 incident
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977:Thunderbirds Indian Springs Diamond Crash
584:Thunderbirds Indian Springs diamond crash
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1404:January 1982 events in the United States
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1080:Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901
787:Sukhumi Dranda Airport runway collision
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1239:Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 1771
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827:Bristow Helicopters Bell 212 accident
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412:Embry–Riddle Aeronautical University
401:National Transportation Safety Board
307:Flight 30 was a regularly scheduled
192:Newark Liberty International Airport
1256:Trans-Colorado Airlines Flight 2286
1139:Midwest Express Airlines Flight 105
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807:Aerocondor DHC-4 Caribou accident
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459:Shapiro, Justine (May 22, 2003).
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403:. July 10, 1985. NTSB/AAR-85/06.
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550:Aviation accidents and incidents
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1133:Bar Harbor Airlines Flight 1808
1045:Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8
461:"'Globe Trekker': South Africa"
1174:Grand Canyon mid-air collision
797:Southwest Air Lines Flight 611
704:TABA Fairchild FH-227 accident
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1221:Northwest Airlines Flight 255
1209:Northwest Airlink Flight 2268
674:RAF Jaguar shootdown incident
654:Aeropesca Colombia Flight 217
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1262:American Airlines Flight 132
1203:SkyWest Airlines Flight 1834
1086:Vieques Air Link Flight 901A
1033:Eastern Air Lines Flight 855
954:Eastern Air Lines Flight 935
604:Korean Air Force C-123 crash
278:Newark International Airport
266:McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF
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1286:Delta Air Lines Flight 1141
1151:Teterboro mid-air collision
1145:Henson Airlines Flight 1517
1027:United Airlines Flight 2885
989:Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458
624:Pilgrim Airlines Flight 458
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1315:United Airlines Flight 232
1303:United Airlines Flight 811
1215:American Eagle Flight 5452
1127:Delta Air Lines Flight 191
1115:Galaxy Airlines Flight 203
1063:Anchorage runway collision
1057:Ozark Air Lines Flight 650
724:British Airways Flight 009
614:Japan Air Lines Flight 350
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594:World Airways Flight 30
430:Aviation Safety Network
262:World Airways Flight 30
22:World Airways Flight 30
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33:The wreckage of N113WA
16:1982 aviation accident
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1157:Death of Ricky Nelson
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971:Air Florida Flight 90
574:Air Florida Flight 90
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714:Air India Flight 403
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885:► 1983
879:1981 ◄
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744:Aeroflot Flight 411
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995:Pan Am Flight 759
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198:Destination
103: /
1358:Categories
1282:(May 1988)
1035:(May 1983)
378:References
216:Passengers
128:DC-10-30CF
91:70°59′23″W
88:42°21′03″N
252:Survivors
208:Occupants
160:Call sign
1004:accident
767:accident
438:Archived
405:Archived
361:See also
292:Accident
232:Injuries
188:Stopover
134:Operator
116:Aircraft
39:Accident
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552:in 1982
444:May 25,
350:cockpit
313:Captain
286:drowned
245:drowned
240:Missing
52:Summary
863:Dec 24
843:Sep 29
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324:runway
309:flight
274:Boston
264:was a
173:N113WA
71:Boston
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408:(PDF)
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