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A Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner operating as AVAir Flight 3378 crashes in Cary, North Carolina, killing 12.
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Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner
Small airliner and executive aircraft family by Swearingen, later Fairchild
The Fairchild Swearingen Metroliner is a 19-seat, pressurized, twin-turboprop airliner first produced by Swearingen Aircraft and later by Fairchild Aircraft at a plant in San Antonio, Texas.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
AVAir Flight 3378
1988 aviation accident
AVAir Flight 3378 was a scheduled flight from Raleigh–Durham International Airport to Richmond International Airport operated by Air Virginia that crashed after takeoff from Raleigh-Durham International Airport late on the night of February 19, 1988. All 12 people on board were…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cary, North Carolina
Town in North Carolina, US
Cary is a town in Wake, Chatham, and Durham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina and is part of the Raleigh-Cary, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2020 census, its population was 174,721, making it the seventh-most populous municipality in North…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 19
Day of the year
February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 315 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)