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British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashes into the Glungezer mountain in the Tux Alps of Austria, killing all 75 people aboard.
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British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6
1964 aviation accident
On Saturday, 29 February 1964, British Eagle International Airlines Flight 802/6 crashed into the Glungezer mountain near Innsbruck, Austria. The aircraft, a Bristol Britannia registered G-AOVO, had taken off from London Heathrow Airport, England, destined for Innsbruck…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Glungezer
Mountain in the Austrian Tyrol
The Glungezer is a mountain in the Tux Alps in Tyrol southeast of Innsbruck in Austria.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Tux Alps
Subgroup of Austrian Central subgroup of Eastern Alps, Central Europe
The Tux Alps or Tux Prealps are a sub-group of the Austrian Central Alps, which in turn form part of the Eastern Alps within Central Europe. They are located entirely within the Austrian federal state of Tyrol. The Tux Alps are one of three mountain ranges that form an Alpine…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
February 29
Day of the year
February 29 is a leap day —an intercalary date added periodically to create leap years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars. It is the 60th day of a leap year in both Julian and Gregorian calendars, and 306 days remain until the end of the leap year. It is the last day of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)