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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1804: The HMS Hussar, a fifth-rate vessel, is grounded on a reef near Île de Sein, and burned by her crew to prevent French capture.
1965: Eastern Airlines Flight 663 plunges into the Atlantic after taking off from JFK, killing all 84 people on board. The pilot of the DC-7 was attemTping an evasive maneuver to avoid the oncoming Pan Am Flight 212.
1989: Independent Air Flight 1851 crashes into Pico Alto on approach to Santa Maria Island in the Azores. All 144 people on the 707 die; pilot error and incorrect instructions are cited as the cause. (pictured) -
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