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    British European Airways Flight 706 (BE706/BEA706) was a scheduled international passenger flight from United Kingdom to Salzburg, Austria. On 2 October...
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  • Hughes Airwest Flight 706 (1971, California), a DC-9 passenger jet collided with F-4 Phantom fighter jet British European Airways Flight 706 (1971, Belgium)...
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    British European Airways (BEA), formally British European Airways Corporation, was a British airline which existed from 1946 until 1974. BEA operated to...
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    British European Airways Flight 142 (callsign Beeline 142) was a scheduled service between London Heathrow Airport and Naples Airport. On 22 October 1958...
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  • JSC Uzbekistan Airways, operating as Uzbekistan Airways (Uzbek: Oʻzbekiston Havo Yoʻllari, Ўзбекистон Ҳаво Йўллари; Russian: Узбекские Авиалинии), is the...
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    sufficient strength to ensure a safe operational life. In 1971, British European Airways Flight 706 crashed in Belgium, killing all 63 on board; the cause was...
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    May 1973. Retrieved 14 June 2013. "ASN Accident Description (British European Airways-706)". Aviation Safety Network. 2 October 1971. Retrieved 28 May...
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    Vickers Vanguard (category Use British English from September 2017)
    board died – 6 crew and 30 passengers. On 2 October 1971, British European Airways Flight 706 operated by Vanguard G-APEC, crashed near Aarsele in Belgium...
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  • ground casualty. 2 October 1971 - British European Airways Flight 706, a Vickers Vanguard operated by British European Airways, suffers a rear pressure bulkhead...
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    Assurance Company Limited. Guy Richardson, 44, British Olympic rower; in crash of British European Airways Flight 706 Peter La Farge, 34, American folk singer...
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  • killing all 49 passengers and crew on board. October 2 – British European Airways Flight 706, a Vickers Vanguard turboprop flying from London's Heathrow...
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  • collision Allegheny Airlines Flight 853 Hughes Airwest Flight 706 All Nippon Airways Flight 58 1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision 1973 Nantes mid-air...
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  • Nguyen Van Thieu is re-elected in a one-man election. 1971 – British European Airways Flight 706 crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, killing 63. 1980 – Michael...
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    Airbus A310 (category Use British English from March 2023)
    June 15, 1998, the last delivery of an A310 (msn. 706, reg.UK-31003) was made to Uzbekistan Airways. The A310, along with its A300 stablemate, officially...
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  • Vickers VC.1 Viking (category 1940s British airliners)
    operated by British European Airways collided with a Soviet Yak-3 near Berlin, 15 killed. 21 April 1948 (1948-04-21): British European Airways Flight S200P...
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    Vickers VC10 (category 1960s British airliners)
    established publicly owned British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) long-range and British European Airways (BEA) short and medium-range airlines. In...
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    ongoing interchange service to Hong Kong operated by Hong Kong Airways. With transpacific flights established, Northwest began branding as Northwest Orient...
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    ("The Night Witches") by the Germans. All 63 people on board British European Airways Flight 706 were killed when the Vickers Vanguard turboprop suffered...
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    Airbus A350 (category Use British English from November 2015)
    Archived 12 October 2007 at the Wayback Machine Flight International September 2007 "British Airways 787-8 Seat Map (17.5" seat width in economy)". SeatGuru...
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    KLM Flight 823 crashed short of the runway on approach to Cairo; 20 of the 36 on board died. September 17, 1961: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 706 crashed...
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  • into our fleet". British Airways. Retrieved 3 August 2019. "Cathay to take first A350 on 27 May". 17 May 2016. "Cathay Pacific Airways Becomes New A350...
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    Vickers Viscount (category 1940s British airliners)
    Type IIB, which Vickers was selected to develop in April 1945. British European Airways (BEA) was involved in the design and asked that the aircraft carry...
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    airBaltic All Nippon Airways Asiana Airlines Austrian Airlines Croatia Airlines Egyptair El Al Ethiopian Airlines Etihad Airways Icelandair LOT Polish...
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    August 5, 2018. "Timetables". British Airways. Archived from the original on March 30, 2017. Retrieved March 17, 2018. "Flight Status". Archived from the...
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  • air crashes, near-crashes, fires, hijackings, bombings, and other mainly flight-related disasters and crises. It reveals the events that led to each crisis...
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  • Louisiana," he said. "Talk about a banana republic!" August 1, 1990: British Airways Flight 149 landed in Kuwait the same day that Iraq under Saddam Hussein...
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    "Los-Angeles-Airways Sikorsky-S-55". Demand media. Retrieved 29 January 2013. "Los Angeles Airways". aerodacious.com. Retrieved 29 January 2013. "FlightGlobal...
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    United Airlines, Southwest Airways and Western Airlines began passenger operations at the airport, with Pan American Airways (Pan Am) joining the next...
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    accident in which two or more aircraft come into unplanned contact during flight. Owing to the relatively high velocities involved and the likelihood of...
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    2012. Kaminski-Morrow, David (May 10, 2010). "British Airways unveils 'retro' livery as 757 era ends". Flight International. Archived from the original on...
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