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Airliner


1988 Airliner crashes in SW China, killing all 108 on board

1984 Hijackers commandeered a Kuwaiti airliner

1980 Polish airliner crash kills all 87 aboard (22 are U.S. amateur boxers)

1973 At Paris air show, Tupolev 144, a Soviet supersonic airliner, crashes

1972 Danish airliner hit mountain in Sheikdom of Oman killing 112

1970 Supersonic airliner Concorde lands for 1st time at Heathrow airport

1968 1st supersonic airliner flown (Russian TU-144)

1966 Canadian Pacific airliner explodes on landing at Tokyo, 64 die

1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner

1952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet

1939 NY's La Guardia Airport began operations as an airliner from Chicago lands, 1 minute after midnight

1927 1st British airliner to serve cooked meals (Imperial Airways)

1919 1st advanced monoplane airliner flight (Junkers F13)


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