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ALM Flight 980 ditches in the Caribbean Sea near Saint Croix, killing 23.
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ALM Flight 980
Aviation accident in the Caribbean Sea on 2 May 1970
ALM Flight 980 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight that originated in John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, to Princess Juliana International Airport in St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles, on May 2, 1970. After several unsuccessful landing…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Water landing
Aircraft landing intentionally on a body of water
In aviation, a water landing is, in the broadest sense, an aircraft landing on a body of water. Seaplanes, such as floatplanes and flying boats, land on water as a normal operation. Ditching is a controlled emergency landing on the water surface in an aircraft not designed for…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Caribbean Sea
Sea of the Atlantic Ocean bounded by North, Central, and South America
The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the North Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere, located south of the Gulf of Mexico and southwest of the Sargasso Sea. It is bounded by the Greater Antilles to the north from Cuba to Puerto Rico, the Lesser Antilles to the east…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Saint Croix
One of the main islands of the United States Virgin Islands
Saint Croix is an island in the Caribbean, and a county and constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
May 2
Day of the year
May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 243 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)