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Apr 2020
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Deadliest Single Aircraft Accident

Rooster Teeth
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Japan Airlines Flight 123 suffers a rapid decompression while cruising and loses control. With over 500 people on board an uncontrollable Boeing 747, what happened to this flight to make it the deadliest single aircraft incident? Follow us @BlackBoxDownPod https://twitter.com/blackboxdownpod.

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