1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash

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1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash

1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash

1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash

On 10 November 1971, a Merpati Nusantara Airlines Vickers Viscount, registration PK-MVS, crashed in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia, after telling air traffic controllers they could not make their destination due to bad weather. All 69 people aboard the aircraft were killed in the crash.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1971 Indian Ocean Vickers Viscount crash

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