[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

Was it as bad as the airplane collision in 1956? Wonder how many still remember that! I do!

[Oatka]

Was it as bad as the airplane collision in 1956? Wonder how many still remember that! I do!.

So do I, mainly because of the way it was reported. Both pilots were trying to bypass a thunderhead and were at about 21,000 feet when the mid-air collision occurred. The reporter said it took five minutes to hit the earth and that was a long time to know that you were going to die. 128 people did so.

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