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Alaska Airlines Flight 779 crashes near Shemya Air Force Base in Shemya, Alaska killing six.
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Alaska Airlines Flight 779
1961 aviation accident
Alaska Airlines Flight 779 was a contract cargo flight operated on 21 July 1961 by an Alaska Airlines Douglas DC-6A that crashed short of the runway at Shemya Air Force Base with the loss of all six crew members on board.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Eareckson Air Station
US Air Force military airport on Shemya island in the Aleutian Islands, Alaska
Eareckson Air Station, formerly Shemya Air Force Base, is a United States Air Force military airport located on the island of Shemya, in the Alaskan Aleutian Islands.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Shemya
Site in the Aleutian Islands archipelago
Shemya or Simiya is a small island in the Semichi Islands group of the Near Islands chain in the Aleutian Islands archipelago southwest of Alaska, at 52°43′27″N 174°07′08″E. It has a land area of 5.903 sq mi (15.29 km2), and is about 1,200 miles (1,900 km) southwest of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Alaska
U.S. state
Alaska is a non-contiguous U.S. state on the northwest extremity of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state in the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
July 21
Day of the year
July 21 is the 202nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 163 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)