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1971 All Nippon Airways Boeing 727 Collides with Japanese Air Force Jets in Worst Civil Aviation Disaster of Its Time
On July 30, 1971, All Nippon Airways Flight 58, a Boeing 727-200 en route from Sapporo to Tokyo, collided mid-air with two Japanese Air Force F-86 Sabre training jets over Honshu, Japan. The instructor pilot accidentally strayed into the civilian airway, and his student wingman failed to avoid the airliner. The collision killed all 162 people aboard the 727, including an infant not counted on the manifest, making it the deadliest civil aviation disaster up to that date. The student pilot ejected safely after his fighter's wing struck the 727's stabilizer. The article details the flight paths, pilot errors, and the aftermath of the crash.
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