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KLM Flight 607-E
KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed Super Constellation named "Hugo de Groot" and registered was an international scheduled flight that crashed northwest of Shannon Airport, Ireland on 14 August 1958. All ninety-one passengers and eight crew died in the accident, including six members of the Egyptian fencing team (Osman Abdel Hafeez, Mohamed Ali Riad, Ahmed Sabry, et al.). The "E" in the flight number stood for the designation of being an extra economy class flight to match the increased seasonal
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- August 14 – KLM Flight 607-E, a Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation, crashes into the sea with 99