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Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304

1Fatalities
34Survivors
35On board

Accident details

What happened

Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 304, a Vickers Viscount, sheds a propeller blade over Flat Rock, Michigan; the blade penetrates the passenger cabin, killing one of 35 aboard; this is the first known case of a turboprop shedding a blade in passenger service.

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