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A German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
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Air warfare branch of the German military
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Tupolev Tu-154
Soviet and Russian medium-range trijet airliner
The Tupolev Tu-154 is a three-engined, medium-range, narrow-body airliner designed in the mid-1960s and manufactured by Tupolev. A workhorse of Soviet and (subsequently) Russian airlines for several decades, it carried half of all passengers flown by Aeroflot and its…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
United States Air Force
Air service branch of the U.S. military
The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Tracing its origins to 1 August 1907, as a part of the United…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lockheed C-141 Starlifter
Retired American heavy military transport aircraft from Lockheed
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1997 Namibia mid-air collision
Collision between USAF C-141B and German Air Force Tu-154M
On 13 September 1997, a German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154M observation aircraft and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141B Starlifter transport aircraft struck each other mid-air while cruising at 35,000 feet (11,000 m) off the coast of Namibia. As a result of the crash, all 33…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Namibia
Country in Southern Africa
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the northeast, approximating a quadripoint, Zimbabwe lies less…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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