Date in year · 1989 · The 1980s
On February 19, 1989, flying Tiger Line Flight 066 crashes into a hill near Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport in Malaysia, killing four. The year's #1 song was "Look Away" by Chicago. Jan Blokhuijsen, David Ngog, Christian Vietoris would arrive in the same year.
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Featured · February 19, 1989
Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 was a scheduled international cargo flight from Singapore's Changi Airport to British Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport via a stopover at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia. On 19 February 1989, the FedEx-owned Boeing 747-249F-SCD crashed while on its final approach. The aircraft impacted a hillside 437 ft (133 m) above sea level and 12 km from Kuala Lumpur, resulting in all four occupants being killed.
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1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1989th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 989th year of the 2nd millennium, the 89th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1980s decade.
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1989 aviation accident in Malaysia
Flying Tiger Line Flight 066 was a scheduled international cargo flight from Singapore's Changi Airport to British Hong Kong's Kai Tak Airport via a stopover at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, Malaysia. On 19 February 1989, the FedEx-owned Boeing 747-249F-SCD crashed while on its final approach. The aircraft impacted a hillside 437 ft (133 m) above sea level and 12 km from Kuala Lumpur, resulting in all four occupants being killed.
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