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| Date: | Sunday 22 October 1995 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Transall C-160D |
| Owner/operator: | Luftwaffe |
| Registration: | 50+43 |
| MSN: | D-65 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1969 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 7 / Occupants: 7 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | off Ponta Delgada-Nordela Airport, Azores (PDL) -
 Portugal
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Ponta Delgada-Nordela Airport, Azores (PDL/LPPD) |
| St. John's Airport, NL (YYT/CYYT) |
The Transall plane crashed into the sea after hitting a utility pole following takeoff.
Sources:
Tragfläche berührte einen Mas (Die Welt, 24-10-1995)
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