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British European Airways Flight 706

63Fatalities
0Survivors
63On board

Accident details

What happened

A Vickers Vanguard turboprop flying from London's Heathrow Airport to Salzburg, Austria, breaks up in mid-air and crashes near Aarsele, Belgium, after suffering explosive decompression; all 63 people on board are killed.

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