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  2. Copa Airlines Flight 201 - Wikipedia

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    Flight 201 is the deadliest accident in ... Flight 201 crashed into a jungle area within the Darien Gap at 486 knots (900 km/h; 559 mph), killing all 47 onboard ...

  3. 1967 Mount McKinley disaster - Wikipedia

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    The 1967 Mount McKinley disaster occurred in July 1967 when seven climbers died on Denali (then still officially known as Mount McKinley) while attempting to descend from the summit in a severe blizzard estimated to be the worst to occur on the mountain in 100 years. [1]

  4. List of accidents and incidents involving airliners by location

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    All 200 people on board the aircraft perished in the deadliest plane crash in Uzbekistan as well as the deadliest plane crash involving a Tupolev Tu-154. Aeroflot Flight 505 – Shortly after take-off from Tashkent , the Yakovlev Yak-40 banked sharply to the right and crashed, killing all 9 people on board.

  5. List of natural disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    Ten deadliest natural disasters by highest estimated death toll excluding epidemics and famines [ edit ] This list takes into account only the highest estimated death toll for each disaster and lists them accordingly.

  6. List of accidents and disasters by death toll - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of accidents and disasters by death toll.It shows the number of fatalities associated with various explosions, structural fires, flood disasters, coal mine disasters, and other notable accidents caused by negligence connected to improper architecture, planning, construction, design, and more.

  7. Darién Gap - Wikipedia

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    Sebastian Snow crossed the Gap with Wade Davis in 1975 as part of his unbroken walk from Tierra del Fuego to Costa Rica. The trip is documented in his 1976 book The Rucksack Man and in Wade Davis's 1996 book One River. In 1981, George Meegan crossed the gap on a similar journey. He too started in Tierra del Fuego and eventually ended in Alaska.

  8. List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

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    This was the worst aviation accident in the Atlantic Ocean at the time and remains the worst ever involving the Latécoère 631. August 29 – Northwest Airlines Flight 421, a Martin 2–0–2, crashed near Winona, Minnesota, due to structural failure of a wing, killing all 37 on board in the worst ever accident involving the Martin 2–0–2 ...

  9. Eight-thousander - Wikipedia

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    The eight-thousanders are the world's deadliest mountains. The extreme altitude and the fact that the summits of all eight-thousanders lie in the Death Zone mean that climber mortality (or death rate) is high. [31] Two metrics are quoted to establish a death rate (i.e. broad and narrow) that are used to rank the eight-thousanders in order of ...