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plane crash (RTS); air disaster (a very serious air crash in which in a lot of people are killed or injured Usage examples And what about that great air disaster , the 1937 explosion of the Hindenburg airship? THE MERCURY, SUNDAY TASMANIAN (2004) Authorities have declared all 96 passengers and eight crew dead, including more than 20 foreigners, in the country's worst air disaster. CANADA.COM (2005) I remember seeing a television news programme where, after an air disaster , the victims were being taken home to Italy in coffins. Carpenter, Anne & Johnson, Geoffrey WHY AM I AFRAID TO GRIEVE It is a sick reference to the Munich air disaster , in which eight Manchester United players died 42 years ago. SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (2000) The 1989 Kegworth air disaster mirrored an earlier storyline. SUN, NEWS OF THE WORLD (2001). Collins Alexander Demidov); airplane crash (red rat) |
