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The worst aircraft disaster in American history - 273 souls gone in seconds

American Airlines Flight 191 began as a routine departure from Chicago O'Hare carrying 271 souls aboard a DC-10. Seconds ...
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Why airplane windows are round, not square — the 1954 disasters that killed 56 people and changed aviation forever

The de Havilland Comet was the world’s first commercial jet airliner — a 1949 British marvel that promised faster, higher, more comfortable air travel. Then in early 1954, two of them broke apart in ...