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Wednesday 15th of February 1961

63 Years Ago



73 Die in Sabena Boeing 707-320 Flight 548 crash in Het Lemmeken, Berg, Vlaams-Brabant, Belgium.

The entire United States Figure Skating team, on its way to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, was killed in the crash. Farmer Theo De Laet working in the fields was killed by a piece of aluminum debris from the plane, and and his friend Marcel Lauwers' leg was severed by flying debris.


More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabena_Flight_548