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2000 A Concorde jet crashes outside of Paris after takeoff killing 113 passengers

1993 16 year old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes New York City subway train and 2,000 passengers on a 3 hour ride

1990 3 passengers killed and 162 injured as subway train derails in Philadelphia

1986 4 U.S. passengers killed by bomb at TWA counter Athens Airport Greece

1976 Raid on Entebbe-Israel rescues 229 Air France passengers

1976 Israel launches rescue of 103 Air France crew and passengers being held at Entebbe Airport in Uganda by pro-Palestinian hijackers

1973 Arabs terrorists shoot passengers on Boeing 737 to Kuwait

1972 U.S. airlines begin mandatory inspection of passengers and baggage

1959 3-deck Nile excursion steamer springs a leak panicking passengers who capsized ship. 200 drown just yards from shore

1952 Operations begin at United Suriname Workers of Netherlands which flew from London to Johannesburg carrying 36 passengers

1946 Highest ridership in New York City subway history (8.8 million passengers)

1910 1st Zeppelin with passengers sets afloat

1908 Dirigible explodes over San Francisco Bay, 16 passengers fall, none die



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