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NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board.

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NLM CityHopper Flight 431

1981 aviation accident

NLM CityHopper Flight 431 refers to a Fokker F-28-4000, registration PH-CHI, that was due to operate an international scheduled Rotterdam–Eindhoven–Hamburg passenger service. On 6 October 1981, the aircraft encountered a tornado on the first leg, minutes after taking off from…
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Moerdijk

Municipality in North Brabant, Netherlands

Moerdijk is a municipality and a town in the South of the Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant.
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Rotterdam The Hague Airport

Airport in Zestienhoven, Rotterdam, the Netherlands

Rotterdam The Hague Airport, is a minor international airport serving Rotterdam, the Netherlands' second largest city, and The Hague, its administrative and royal capital. It is located 5.5 kilometres north northwest of Rotterdam in South Holland and is the third busiest airport…
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October 6

Day of the year

October 6 is the 279th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 86 days remain until the end of the year.
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