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Avro Ten Southern Cloud disappearance

8Fatalities
0Survivors
8On board

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What happened

An Australian National Airways Avro 618 Ten, Southern Cloud, disappears in severe weather on a flight from Sydney to Melbourne, killing all eight on board in Australia's first significant airline disaster; the crash site in the Snowy Mountains remains undiscovered until 1958.

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