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Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was a Cuban flight from Barbados to Jamaica that was brought down on 6 October 1976 by a terrorist bomb attack. [3] All 73 people on board the Douglas DC-8 aircraft were killed after two time bombs went off and the plane crashed into the sea. The crash killed every member of the Cuban national fencing team.
1976 Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano Boeing 707 crash; 1976 Sabah Air GAF Nomad crash; 1976 Venezuelan Air Force C-130 crash; A. Aeroflot Flight 418; Aeroflot Flight 909;
October 25 – After the No. 1 engine of a Taxi Aéreo El Venado Douglas C-47-DL Skytrain (registration HK-149) fails shortly after takeoff from El Yopal Airport in Yopal, Colombia, its crew attempts to return to the airport, but the airliner noses down, crashes, and burns 6.5 kilometers (4.0 miles) from the airport, killing all 36 people on board.
The Double Six Crash, also known as the Double Six Tragedy (referring to 6 June), was a crash, involving a GAF N-22B Nomad of Sabah Air, which took place on 6 June 1976 at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia, killing several local political leaders, including two top leaders - Tun Fuad Stephens and Datuk Peter Mojuntin.
Lloyd Aéreo Boliviano, also known as LAB, was the flag carrier of Bolivia. It was founded in 1925, and it had been existing for 51 years at the time of the accident. The aircraft, a then 17 year old Boeing 707-131F (CN/MSN: 17671), manufactured 30 June 1959, was originally delivered to Trans World Airlines (TWA) on 14 July 1959, and was assigned its aircraft registration (or tail number ...
1976 was a leap year ... June 6 – The Double Six Crash, a plane crash in Kota Kinabalu, ... October 6 – Gilbert Ryle, British philosopher (b.
His navigator-bombardier, Lt. (j.g.) Grady Hackwith, was also killed. The plane was based at the Naval Air Station at Whidbey Island, Wash., and was on a low-level training flight when it crashed into a cliff and fell into the Columbia River about 12 miles southeast of Wenatchee. Navy officials said the cause of the crash was under investigation."
Indian Airlines Flight 171 was a Caravelle that crashed while attempting an emergency landing at Bombay Airport (now Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport) on 12 October 1976 after suffering an uncontained engine failure, killing all 95 people on board.