🧵#Thread 1/6 #OTD in 1971: CPA 301 (DC-8) and TAA 519 (B-727) collide in Sydney airport (Australia). All 240 aboard survive. B-727 was taking off, struck tail fin of DC-8, which had just landed. Both jets damaged on impact, TAA 519 returned safely for emergency landing 40 mins later.
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