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The aircraft involved in the accident was a
Douglas DC-6B registered N90773. It first flew in 1953 and was powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 engines. The aircraft's occupants on the accident flight consisted of 77 passengers and six crew members. The passengers were mostly German farmers
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for refueling. Shortly after takeoff from
Shannon Airport's runway 24, the pilots were cleared for a right-hand turn, but they instead turned left and kept turning until the aircraft had reached a bank angle of about 90 degrees or more. Unable to recover, the aircraft plummeted into the River
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Shannon 5,000 ft. from the end of the runway. There were no survivors among the 83 passengers and crew. Subsequent investigations indicate that the crash probably resulted from a malfunctioning
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shortly after takeoff, killing all 83 people on board. To date, the crash remains the deadliest one in Irish territory.
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A photo of the accident aircraft, taken one week before the accident
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Accidents with asteriks (*) occurred in the ocean near
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Airliner accidents and incidents caused by instrument failure
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Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error
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363:Aviation Disasters Second Edition
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432:Aviation accidents and incidents
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956:British Army Gazelle downing
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44:September 10, 1961
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902:Pan Am Clipper Panama
768:Ansett-ANA Flight 325
556:Air France Flight 406
141:Shannon, County Clare
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728:Derby Aviation crash
546:LAN-Chile Flight 621
516:Yuba City B-52 crash
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162:Destination
1111:Categories
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316:References
261:Düsseldorf
205:Fatalities
189:Passengers
126:Düsseldorf
48:1961-09-10
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213:Survivors
181:Occupants
143:, Ireland
128:, Germany
70:, Ireland
388:Archived
288:See also
282:ailerons
255:Accident
174:Illinois
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56:Summary
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269:Gander
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