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1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash

1951 in New JerseyAccidents and incidents involving the Curtiss-Wright C-46 CommandoAirliner accidents and incidents caused by engine failureAviation accidents and incidents caused by in-flight firesAviation accidents and incidents in New Jersey
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C 46ATA (4544659623)
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On December 16, 1951, a Miami Airlines Curtiss C-46 Commando airliner crashed in the city of Elizabeth, New Jersey, shortly after taking off from nearby Newark Airport. All 56 people on board were killed. At the time, it was the second-deadliest aviation accident on US soil, behind Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501.

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1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash
West Grand Street, Elizabeth

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