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On the day of the accident, the aircraft, carrying 55 Chinese soldiers and a crew of four, neared Peip'ing in unfavorable overcast weather conditions. In addition, Nanyuan
Airport was lacking in radio beacons, forcing the crew to rely on a commercial broadcasting station to navigate. On approach,
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the C-46 struck the station's radio antenna and crashed, killing all aboard.
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Accidents and incidents involving military aircraft
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844:Resko Przymorskie Dornier Do 24 crash
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864:USAAF Boeing B-17 Isle of Man crash
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571:China Southern Airlines Flight 3456
555:China Northern Airlines Flight 6901
531:China Southern Airlines Flight 3943
515:Guangzhou Baiyun airport collisions
700:China Eastern Airlines Flight 5735
630:China Eastern Airlines Flight 5210
547:China Eastern Airlines Flight 5398
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834:American Airlines Flight 009
681:Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633
673:Tianjin Airlines Flight 7554
587:Korean Air Cargo Flight 6316
370:Beiping (Beijing) C-46 crash
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874:Eastern Air Lines Flight 45
720:Accidents and incidents in
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665:Henan Airlines Flight 8387
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332:Beijing-Han Airlines crash
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16:Aviation incident in China
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278:"Aviation Safety Network"
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456:Guilin Airport collision
20:1945 Peip'ing C-46 crash
472:Aeroflot Flight 101/435
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978:Categories
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482:(May 1986)
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386:Miss Macao
250:References
186:Fatalities
170:Passengers
49:1945-10-12
947:Flight 19
722:Hong Kong
360:Chungking
202:Survivors
165:, Beiping
362:Incident
351:Incident
194:Injuries
143:44-78591
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112:Aircraft
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228:Beiping
70:Beiping
57:Summary
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726:Taiwan
232:Hankou
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