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By Joshua Taylor It was one of the world’s greatest-ever aviation disasters. A Boeing 707 passenger jet carrying 113 passengers and 11 crew that fell out of the sky, killing every soul on board. British Overseas Airways Corporation’s flight 911 – call sign Speedbird 911 – took off without issue from Tokyo’s Haneda Airport on the sunny but fateful afternoon of March 5, 1966, destined for Hong Kong. But shortly after takeoff, disaster struck. The six-year-old aircraft was rocked by horrifying turbulence near Japan’s iconic Mount Fuji. The plane was flying between 370mph and 425mph at 16,000ft. S…

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