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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Jan 10, 2026, 06:53 PM Saturday

On this day, January 10, 1954, BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet, exploded and fell into the Tyrrhenian Sea. [View all]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_10

• 1954 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland DH.106 Comet 1, explodes and falls into the Tyrrhenian Sea, killing 35 people.
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