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JAT Flight 367 is destroyed by a terrorist bomb, killing 27 of the 28 people on board the DC-9. Flight attendant Vesna Vulović survives with critical injuries.
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JAT Flight 367
1972 airliner bombing
JAT Flight 367 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 aircraft which exploded shortly after overflying NDB Hermsdorf, East Germany, while en route from Stockholm, Sweden, to Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, on 26 January 1972. The aircraft, piloted by Captain Ludvik Razdrih and First Officer…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
Jet airliner, produced 1965-1982
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vesna Vulović
Serbian flight attendant (1950–2016)
Vesna Vulović was a Serbian flight attendant who survived the highest fall without a parachute: 10.16 kilometres or 33,333 feet. She was the sole survivor of JAT Flight 367 after an explosion tore through the baggage compartment on 26 January 1972, causing it to crash near…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
January 26
Day of the year
January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 339 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)