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August 30, 2008

On August 30, 2008, a Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board. The year's #1 song was "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Hyein, Rio Ngumoha, Hudson Meek would arrive in the same year.

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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

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On August 30, 2008

  1. 2008 A Conviasa Boeing 737 crashes into Illiniza Volcano in Ecuador, killing all three people on board.

    Flag carrier of Venezuela

    Línea Aérea Conviasa is the flag carrier of Venezuela, with its headquarters on the grounds of Simón Bolívar International Airport in Maiquetía, near Caracas. It is the flag carrier and largest airline of Venezuela, operating services to domestic destinations and destinations in the Caribbean and South America. Conviasa is known to establish routes for political reasons rather than for profit.

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Died on August 30, 2008

Brian Hambly Australian RL coach and former Australia international rugby league footballer
Killer Kowalski Canadian professional wrestler (1926–2008)

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Hyein 2008– South Korean singer
Rio Ngumoha 2008– English footballer
Hudson Meek 2008– American actor (died 2024)
Ella Gross 2008– American singer, model and actress
Ediz Gürel 2008– Turkish chess grandmaster
Rémi Himbert 2008– French footballer

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