40+ Pictures Taken Before Tragedy Hit

18. Airplane Tragedy N3

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In 1961, the entire U.S. figure skating crew boarded Boeing 707 to travel to Belgium for the World Figure Skating Championships in Prague. In this last picture, the team looked happy and proud for this trip while boarding the airplane. The 72 passengers, including one farmer who was on land, were killed when the aircraft crashed into a farm before it reached the airport in Brussels.

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