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fans who were returning from watching their national team play that of Sierra Leone, and the two pilots were of
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923:Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 1209
117:2007 Paramount Airlines helicopter crash
59:"2007 Paramount Airlines Mil Mi-8 crash"
38:Relevant discussion may be found on the
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853:Paramount Airlines helicopter crash
576:Togo national football team attack
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699:Aviation accidents and incidents
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359:Sierra Leone air crash kills 19
963:Philippine Airlines Flight 475
953:Africa One Antonov An-26 crash
943:One-Two-Go Airlines Flight 269
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773:Zell am See mid-air collision
284:The passengers on board were
277:, which are separated by the
299:Crash and emergency response
783:Garuda Indonesia Flight 200
403:Togo national football team
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325:fans visiting for an
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983:Atlasjet Flight 4203
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1026:Categories
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344:References
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267:helicopter
261:Background
228:Fatalities
212:Passengers
70:newspapers
293:Ukrainian
265:In 2007,
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204:Occupants
40:talk page
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363:BBC News
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275:Freetown
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184:Operator
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455:Records
450:Results
418:History
411:General
147:Summary
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