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Independent Air Flight 1851

1989 CE · Ocean · Disaster

Independent Air Flight 1851
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On 8 February 1989, Independent Air Flight 1851, a Boeing 707 on an American charter flight from Bergamo, Italy, to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, struck Pico Alto while on approach to Santa Maria Airport in the Azores for a scheduled stopover.

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