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Aero Flight 311, often referred to as the Kvevlax air disaster, was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aero O/Y (now Finnair) between Kronoby and Vaasa in Finland. The aircraft, a Douglas DC-3 , crashed in the municipality Kvevlax ( Finnish : Koivulahti ), nowadays part of Korsholm ( Finnish : Mustasaari ) on 3 January 1961 ...
3 January 1961: Aero Flight 311, a DC-3 that was being flown by alcohol-intoxicated and sleep-deprived pilots crashed in Kvevlax, Finland (Koivulahti in Finnish), with the loss of all 25 on board. [5] The accident remains the deadliest in Finnish aviation history.
July 21 – Alaska Airlines Flight 779, a Douglas DC-6 cargo plane operating under contract to the United States Air Force′s Military Air Transport Service, strikes an embankment just before landing at Shemya Air Force Base on Shemya in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska and crashes, killing the entire crew of six. July 24
This is a list of accidents and incidents involving the Douglas DC-3 A that occurred in 1961, including aircraft based on the DC-3 airframe such as the Douglas C-47 Skytrain and Lisunov Li-2. Military accidents are included; and hijackings and incidents of terrorism are covered, although acts of war involving military aircraft are outside the ...
Aero Flight 311; Aeroflot Flight 068; ... ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961) D. List of accidents and incidents involving the DC-3 in 1961; 1961 Derby Aviation crash; F.
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Six Flags opened in 1961 in Arlington. These photos from the Star-Telegram show long-gone rides, historic moments and fun memories from the 1960s into into 2010s. ... Here are photos from the Star ...
Avión Pirata (Pirate Airplane) is the name given by Bolivians to a Lockheed Constellation which mysteriously carried flights into El Trompillo Airport in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, during 1961. The airplane has remained in Bolivia since 1961, when it was forced to land by the Bolivian Air Force after a chase in which an Air Force Captain died in a ...