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National Airlines Flight 83

7Fatalities
21Survivors
28On board

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What happened

National Airlines Flight 83, a Douglas DC-4, crashes on landing at Philadelphia International Airport, Pennsylvania. Seven of the 28 passengers and crew are killed, one of them being heroine flight attendant Frankie Housley who died trying to save more passengers.

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