KLM Constellation air disaster

40Fatalities

0Survivors

40On board

Accident details

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What happened

In the 1948 KLM Constellation air disaster, a Lockheed Constellation named Nijmegen, flying from Schiphol Airport, Netherlands, to New York City, United States, crashes near Prestwick, Scotland, killing all 40 on board.

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