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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • Pacoima mid-air collision United Air Lines Flight 736 Capital Airlines Flight 300 British European Airways Flight 142 1960 Rio de Janeiro mid-air collision...
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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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    airBaltic All Nippon Airways Asiana Airlines Austrian Airlines Croatia Airlines Egyptair El Al Ethiopian Airlines Etihad Airways Icelandair LOT Polish...
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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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    Avro Lancastrian (category Use British English from May 2017)
    1952  United Kingdom British European Airways British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) British South American Airways Flight Refuelling Ltd Silver...
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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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    American Airlines, British Airways, Delta Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines, Monarch Airlines, and Transbrasil. The seven-month 757 flight test program used...
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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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    "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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  • com, retrieved 13-12-2014 "World Airlines Directory". Flight International. 19 March 1983. p. 706. Cooper et al. 2011, p. 219 Cooper et al. 2011, p. 221...
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