BOAC Flight 911
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BOAC Flight 911 was a round-the-world flight operated by the British Overseas Airways Corporation that crashed near Mount Fuji in Japan on 5 March 1966, with the loss of all 113 passengers and 11 crew
G-APFE, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in 1962 with a previous livery
Mount Fuji seen from the air
British Overseas Airways Corporation was the British state-owned national airline created in 1939 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. It continued operating overseas services th
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BOAC Avro York freighter operating a scheduled service at Heathrow in 1953
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