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Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 crash

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The location here is the Esenboğa International Airport but the precise location of the crash needs to be found.

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871


Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871

On 19 January 1960 Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 was a Sud Aviation Caravelle on a scheduled flight from Copenhagen in Denmark to the Egyptian capital Cairo, operating a leg between Atatürk International Airport and Esenboğa International Airport in Turkey. The flight was on approach but crashed six nautical miles from the airport, killing all 42 occupants on board. This was the first fatal crash of a Caravelle.[1]

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