Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The driver stopped the train near the summit of the hill to inspect and adjust the braking system and climbed back into the cab. When he started the train the brakes totally failed, causing the train to roll with great velocity straight back down the hill, crashing after passing two stations into a slow moving goods train.
(24 June 2002)
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BirthFactDeath (x) Tuesday 10th of April 1973 53 years, 11 months and 8 days ago |
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 108 Die in Invicta International Airlines Vickers Vanguard 952 Flight 435 crash in Herrenmatt, Hochwald, Solothurn, Switzerland. Most of the 139 passengers on the charter flight were women-members of the Axbridge Ladies Guild on a shopping trip to Basel, Switzerland. There were 37 survivors. More info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invicta_International_Airlines_Flight_435 |
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