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1973 Nantes Mid-Air Collision

1973 CE · France, Europe · Disaster

1973 Nantes Mid-Air Collision
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The 1973 Nantes mid-air collision occurred when two Spanish airliners travelling to London hit each other over Nantes, France, on 5 March 1973. They were an Iberia McDonnell Douglas DC-9 flying from Palma de Mallorca and a Spantax Convair 990 from Madrid. All 68 people on board the DC-9 were killed.

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