fuckyeahwrecks
transportation gone awry
**two posts per day of a plane, train, auto, airship, streetcar etc that has come to an unfortunate end. (except in cases of breaking news).**
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This Day In Wrecks
1951: ‘The Broker,’ Pennsylvania Railroad train no. 733, derails in Woodbridge, NJ, killing 85. The conductor failed to slow down while crossing a temporary trestle. (pictured)
1958: The Munich Air Disaster kills 23 people, including members of the Manchester United football team, when BEA Flight 609 crashes on takeoff. The Airspeed Ambassador Lord Burghley failed to achieve lift from the runway in slushy conditions. (newsreel footage)
1996: Birgenair Flight 301 crashes into the Atlantic after taking off from Puerto Plata when the pilots fail to recognize a stall, brought on by faulty airspeed readings. It is possible that mud dauber wasp nests blocked one of the 757’s pitot probes. All 189 people on board are killed. -
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