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"1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji" from On this Day, BBC

1966: Passenger jet crashes into Mount Fuji
A Boeing 707 has crashed into Mount Fuji in Japan killing all 124 people on board.
The BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation) plane plunged into the wooded slopes of the dormant volcano, 25 minutes after taking off from Tokyo International Airport.
This was the third American-built aircraft to crash in the area in about a month. Early in February, a Japanese Boeing 727 crashed in Tokyo bay, with the loss of 133 lives. And less than 24 hours ago a DC-8 of Canadian Pacific Airlines crashed on landing at Tokyo killing all 64 people on board.
Witnesses who saw today's crash reported seeing pieces break off the Boeing in the air.
One said: "The aircraft was flying as high as Mount Fuji and I could see smoke at its tail. I heard a bang and afterwards the tail and the main fuselage broke apart and the aircraft began spinning down. Just before impact the nose and the fuselage parted."
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