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Uganda Airlines Flight 775 crashes at Rome–Fiumicino International Airport, in Rome, Italy, killing 33 people.

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Uganda Airlines Flight 775

1988 aviation accident

Uganda Airlines Flight 775 was a Boeing 707-338C, registration 5X-UBC, that crashed while attempting to land at Rome-Fiumicino Airport in Rome, Italy on 17 October 1988. Out of the 52 occupants onboard, 33 were killed.
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Rome Fiumicino Airport

Main airport serving Rome, Italy

Leonardo da Vinci Rome Fiumicino Airport is an international airport in Fiumicino, Italy, serving Fiumicino, Rome, its metropolitan city, the Lazio region and the Vatican City. It is the busiest airport in the country, the eighth-busiest airport in Europe and the world's…
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Rome

Capital and largest city of Italy

Rome is the capital city and most populated comune (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special comune named Roma Capitale with 2,746,984 residents in 1,287.36 km2 (497.1 sq mi), Rome is the…
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Italy

Country in Southern and Western Europe

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe. It consists of a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land border, as well as nearly 800 islands, notably Sicily and Sardinia. Italy shares land…
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October 17

Day of the year

October 17 is the 290th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 75 days remain until the end of the year.
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