1950: Most of the Soviet Air Force ice hockey team is killed in the Sverdlovsk air disaster when their DC-3 crashes on approach during a severe snowstorm. The Air Force and Vasiliy Stalin hide the accident from Joseph Stalin.
1975: The bulk carrier Lake Illawarra, unable to reverse in time, crashes into the pylons of the Tasman Bridge in Hobart, causing a section of the bridge to collapse. 7 sailors drown and 5 motorists are killed.
1993: The MV Braer oil tanker runs aground near Quendale in the Shetland Islands after engine failure.
Illawarra revealed
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