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Alitalia Flight 771 crashes in Junnar, Maharashtra, India, killing 94 people.

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Alitalia Flight 771

1962 aviation accident

Alitalia Flight 771 was a multi-leg Douglas DC-8-43 international scheduled flight from Sydney via Darwin, Bangkok, Bombay, Karachi, and Tehran to Rome with 94 on board. On 7 July 1962 18:40 UTC it crashed into a hill about 84 kilometres (52 mi) north-east of Bombay while on…
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Junnar

City in Maharashtra, India

Junnar is a city in the Pune district of the Indian state of Maharashtra. The city has history dating back to the first millennium. The nearby fort of Shivneri was the birthplace of Maratha king Shivaji, the founder of the Maratha Empire. Junnar was declared the first tourism…
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Maharashtra

State in western India

Maharashtra is a state in the western peninsular region of India occupying a substantial portion of the Deccan Plateau. It is bordered by the Arabian Sea to the west, the Indian states of Karnataka and Goa to the south, Telangana to the southeast and Chhattisgarh to the east,…
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July 7

Day of the year

July 7 is the 188th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 177 days remain until the end of the year.
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