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1993 Suchoi-24 crashes into Tupolev passenger flight, 134 die 1990 Gas explodes on passenger train in Kumrahar India, 80 die 1989 Gas explodes near 2 passenger trains in U.S.S.R., kills 100s 1986 Israeli fighters intercept Libyan passenger plane 1981 Greatest passenger load on a commercial airliner-610 on Boeing 747 1979 2 Russian passenger planes collide above Ukraine, 173 killed 1977 Regular Concorde passenger service between New York and Europe begins 1976 Longest non-stop passenger airflight (Sydney to San Francisco 13h14m) 1975 2 passenger trains collided near Munich Germany killing 35 1972 Passenger train derails killing 48 (Rust Stasie South Africa) 1972 2 passenger trains collide head-on killing 76, Seville, Spain 1972 Passenger ship Queen Elizabeth destroyed by fire 1970 Russian passenger flight hijacked to Turkey 1969 Last wooden passenger subway cars retired at Brooklyn Myrtle Beach el 1965 2 passenger planes collide above Danbury, Conn, 4 die 1962 Wesley Snipes, born in Orlando, Florida, actor, New Jack City, Passenger 57 1962 Wesley Snipes, born in Bronx, New York, actor, Passenger 57, Money Train 1960 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech) 1958 1st domestic (NY-Miami) passenger jet flight-National 707 flew 111 1958 Queen Juliana christens passenger ship Rotterdam 1957 Passenger train and oil train crash in Gambar West Pakistan, 300 die 1957 1st black pilot (PH Young) on a U.S. scheduled passenger airline 1957 Dodgers buy 44 passenger twin-engine airplane for $775,000 1955 Israeli passenger plane shot down above Bulgaria, 58 die 1953 1st helicopter passenger service, New York City 1953 1st passenger to fly commercially around the world < 100 hours 1953 Passenger ships Willem Ruys and Orange collide in the Red Sea 1952 1st scheduled jet airliner passenger service began with a BOAC Comet 1952 BOAC begins 1st passenger service with jets (London-Rome route) 1951 1st jet passenger trip made 1950 1st transatlantic jet passenger trip 1949 Luxury passenger ship Aquitania demolished in Garelock Scotland 1949 128 die as fire guts Canadian passenger steamer Noronic in Toronto 1947 192m long passenger ship Willem Ruys (Achille Lauro) launched 1947 Pan Am Airways chartered as 1st worldwide passenger airline 1941 Passenger ship Lurline sends radio signal of sighting Jap war fleet 1939 Netherlands KNSM passenger ship Simon Bolivar hits German mine, 86 die 1939 German U-boat torpedoes passenger ship 1939 German submarine U-30 sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 German U-boat sinks British passenger ship Athenia 1939 Pan Am begins transatlantic passenger and air mail service 1938 "Yankee Clipper" completes 1st passenger flight over Atlantic 1938 1st passenger ship equipped with radar 1936 Pan-Am Clipper begins regular passenger flights from San Francisco to Honolulu 1935 Pennsylvania Rail Road begins passenger service on new electric locomotive 1934 Luxury passenger ship Morro Castle for New Jersey catches fire, 133 die 1934 Union Pacific tests light-weight high-speed passenger train, Omaha 1930 Eastern Airlines begins passenger service 1928 Amelia Earhart leaves Nfld to become 1st woman (passenger) to fly Atlantic (as a passenger in a plane piloted by Wilmer Stultz) 1928 Amelia Earhart (as a passenger) is 1st woman to fly Atlantic Ocean 1928 Maddus Airlines starts 1st regular passenger flights between San Francisco and LA 1926 Imperial Airways begins England-India mail and passenger service 1920 French passenger ship Afrique sinks near La Rochelle; 553 die 1919 1st scheduled passenger service by airplane (Paris-London) 1919 America's 1st passenger flight (New York - Atlantic City) 1919 1st U.S. air passenger service starts 1915 Austrian submarine torpedoes Italian passenger ship (272 killed) 1914 Martha, last known passenger pigeon, dies at Cincinnati Zoo 1913 British passenger ship Volturno catches fire in Atlantic (136 kill) 1913 German passenger ship Imperator runs aground 1911 1st rescue of an air passenger by a ship, near Havana, Cuba 1910 Passenger on SS Arawatta throws bottle with note overboard, found June 6, 1983 in Queensland 1910 3 passenger trains buried at Steven's Pass in Cascade Range. 118 die. Worst snow slide in U.S. history 1908 Miss Pottelsberghe de la Pottery is 1st airplane passenger (Belgium) 1908 Paris advocate E Archdeacon is 1st passenger in a airplane 1908 1st passenger flight in an airplane 1907 Passenger ship Larchmont sinks by Block Island, 322 die 1906 Famous Cunard passenger liner Lusitania launches 1886 1st scheduled transcontinental passenger train reaches Pt Moody, BC 1876 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die 1849 1st passenger train service to Peekskill New York (New Haven Railroad) 1831 1st US-built locomotive to pull a passenger train makes 1st run 1830 1st passenger rail service in U.S. (Baltimore and Elliots Mill, Maryland) 1830 1st regular steam train passenger service starts 1828 Construction begins on B and O (Baltimore-Ohio) 1st U.S. passenger RR 1807 1st railway passenger service began in England

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