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Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

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When
Friday, October 10 199729 years ago
Category
Historical eventA dated happening — a battle, treaty, launch, discovery, disaster or decision — recorded on this calendar day.
Era
20th century · 1990s
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Dates: From 1997.

What happened

Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553 crashes and explodes in Uruguay, killing 74.

October 10 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1997Austral Líneas Aéreas Flight 2553
  2. 1998Lignes Aériennes Congolaises (1997–2003)
  3. 2002Iraq War
  4. 2004Murder of Huang Na
  5. 2007Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor
  6. 2009Armenia
  7. 2010Netherlands Antilles
  8. 20152015 Ankara bombings
  9. 2018Hurricane Michael
  10. 2018National Fire and Rescue Administration
  11. 2022Ben Bernanke

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  • September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
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  • September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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October 10 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Friday.

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