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Aeroméxico Flight 110 crashes near Zihuatanejo, Mexico, killing all 18 people on board.

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Aeroméxico Flight 110

1981 aviation accident

Aeroméxico Flight 110 was a scheduled domestic commercial flight from Acapulco to Guadalajara. On November 8, 1981, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight experienced a cabin decompression and crashed near Zihuatanejo while initiating an emergency descent, killing all…
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Zihuatanejo

City in the Mexican state of Guerrero

Zihuatanejo, and/or Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo, is the fourth largest city in the Mexican state of Guerrero. It was known by 18th-century English mariners as Chequetan and/or Seguataneo. Politically the city belongs to the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta in the western part of…
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November 8

Day of the year

November 8 is the 312th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.
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