40 Stunning Images Taken Before Tragedy Hit

19. Airplane Tragedy N4

PSA crash September 25, 1978. Photograph taken by Hans Wendt

At 9am of September 25, 1978, the airplane on the picture, Pacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182, collided with a private Cessna 172 light aircraft over the city of San Diego, California. All 135 passengers on board the aircraft died including 7 people on the ground destroying their houses.

20. Dangerous Business

Brazilian Formula One auto racer Ayrton Senna died moments after this picture was taken. He already won three Formula One world championships for McLaren. In 1994, he was killed in an accident while leading the San Marino Grand Prix for Williams.    

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