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Plane crashed from navigation error, high in the remote Andes. 29 deaths included 11 rugby players and the team physician. 16 starving survivors cannibalized the dead, until rescue on December 21–23. 28 February 1973: Kyzylorda Region women's basketball team: Basketball: Aeroflot: Yakovlev Yak-40: Semipalatinsk Airport, Soviet Union: 32: 13
Kite fighting has caused horrific injuries and even deaths, and a bill moving through Brazil's Congress is seeking to prohibit the manufacture, sale and use of the razor-sharp lines nationwide ...
A more recent variant of towed tubing is "kite tubing". When tubes being towed on water reach high speeds, they may take flight. This is because the body of the tube acts as an airfoil and creates lift. In this way, the tube becomes a kite. A tube's ability to achieve and maintain flight depends on a number of factors including the speed at ...
August 6 – Carnival Week (Victoria, British Columbia, Canada) – Pilot Johnny Bryant was killed when his aircraft crashed during an exhibition flight at the water carnival celebrations. [ 369 ] July 19 – Golden Potlatch (Seattle, Washington) – Parachutist Francis L. Thayer was killed when his parachute harness broke at a height of 600 ...
Figure skating legend Nancy Kerrigan broke down in tears over the talented local skaters whose lives were lost in the tragic collision of an American Airlines plane and military helicopter in ...
(Reuters) -At least four people died, including a four-month-old baby, and scores were injured in Oklahoma this weekend after dozens of twisters swept the U.S. Southern Plains, while weather ...
Pages in category "Aviation accidents and incidents in Oklahoma" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
American Flyers Airline Flight 280/D was a flight operated on a U.S. Military Air Command contract from Monterey Regional Airport in California to Columbus Airport in Georgia, via Ardmore Municipal Airport, Oklahoma.