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China Eastern Airlines Flight 583

2Fatalities
253Survivors
255On board

Accident details

What happened

A McDonnell Douglas MD-11 makes an emergency landing at Shemya Air Force Base after the slats are accidentally deployed in mid-air near the Aleutian Islands; all on board initially survive, but two die later.

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