This Day In Wrecks
1960: The first fatal accident of a Sud Aviation Caravelle happens near Ankara, Turkey as SAS Flight 871 crashes on approach to Esenboğa International Airport. 42 people die.
1996: The tanker North Cape and her tug Scandia run aground on Moonstone Beach in South Kingston, RI, spilling 828,000 gallons of home heating oil.
2006: A Slovak Air Force Antonov An-24 carrying peacekeepers from Kosovo crashes in Hejce, Hungary after deviating from the flight plan and descending early. One man out of the 43 aboard survives. (pictured)
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