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Old 4th Nov 2001, 02:16
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Now back by popular demand...

Well by majority vote...

Oh heck, just because I want to do it one more (and last) time, here are the ones for today, November 4th, including one from your neck of the woods OzExpat........

1972. Aeroflot AN24 SSSR-46202, crashed on final approach at Kursk, Russia.

1972. Balkan Bulgarian IL14 LZ-ILA, diverted from Sofia due fog, to Plovdiv but crashed into a mountain.

1976. Bali International Air Service F27 PK-KFR, landing accident in Indonesia.

1978. Nordeste Linas Aereas Embraer110 PT-TBF, at Bocaiuva, Brazil.

1980. Cyprus airways CL44 5B-DAN, unable to lower gear on a training flight at Akrotiri, Cyprus.

1980. TAAG Angola B737-200 D2-TAA, landed short and aircraft destroyed at Benuela, Angola,

1982. Talair Embraer110 P2-RDL, damaged beyond repair at Port Moresby, PNG......

1993. China Airlines B747-400 B-165, skidded off runway into Hung Hom Bay, attempting to land at Kai Tak (HK) in very bad weather.

1994. Trigana Air Service Twin Otter PK-YNM, crashed into a cloud covered ridge at 7050 feet near Nabire, Indonesia.

This last one, I sincerely hope NO PPRuNers were involved in...

1995. Americana Colombia Caravelle HK-3962X, damaged landing on a dried up lake bed at Cabu San Lucas, Mexico. Aircraft was found to be carrying a large supply of cocaine, and using false rego of HK-4029X, and was subsequently destroyed by Mexican Federal Police......