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Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 crashes near Sacramento Mather Airport in Rancho Cordova, California, killing all three aboard.

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Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17

2000 aviation accident in California

Emery Worldwide Airlines Flight 17 was a regularly scheduled United States domestic cargo flight, flying from Reno, Nevada to Dayton, Ohio with an intermediate stopover at Rancho Cordova, California. On February 16, 2000, the DC-8-71F operating the flight crashed onto an…
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Sacramento Mather Airport

Airport in Sacramento County, California, United States

Sacramento Mather Airport is a public airport 11 miles east of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is on the site of Mather Air Force Base, which closed in 1993 pursuant to BRAC action.
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Rancho Cordova, California

City in California, United States

Rancho Cordova is a city in Sacramento County, California, United States. Incorporated in 2003, it is part of the Sacramento Metropolitan Area. The population was 79,332 at the 2020 census. In 2010 and 2019, Rancho Cordova received the All-America City Award.
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February 16

Day of the year

February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 318 days remain until the end of the year.
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