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United Airlines Flight 266 crashes into Santa Monica Bay killing all 32 passengers and six crew members.

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United Air Lines Flight 266

1969 aviation accident

United Air Lines Flight 266 was a scheduled passenger flight from Los Angeles International Airport, California, to General Mitchell International Airport, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, via Stapleton International Airport, Denver, Colorado. On January 18, 1969, at approximately 18:21…
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Santa Monica Bay

Bight in the Pacific Ocean

Santa Monica Bay is a bight of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, United States. Its boundaries are slightly ambiguous, but it is generally considered to be the part of the Pacific within an imaginary line drawn between Point Dume, in Malibu, and the Palos Verdes…
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