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Tachikawa air disaster

1953 CE · Japan, Asia · Disaster

Tachikawa air disaster
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On June 18, 1953, a United States Air Force (USAF) Douglas C-124 Globemaster II aircraft crashed three minutes after takeoff from Tachikawa, Japan, killing all 129 people on board. At the time, the crash was the deadliest in aviation history.

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