Disasters in 1968

AVIATION

January 21 Four unarmed hydrogen bombs were fragmented and scattered when a U.S. Air Force B-52 crashed and burned near Thule, Greenland.

April 20 ASouth African Boeing 707 crashed nearWindhoek, South Africa, killing 122 persons.

May 3 A Braniff Airlines airplane crashed near Corsicana, Texas, killing all 84 persons aboard. [more information]

FIRES AND EXPLOSIONS

MARINE

April 10 The ferry Wahine capsized in Wellington Harbor, New Zealand, killing 46 persons.

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