1947 Columbus mid-air collision
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On April 22, 1947, a Douglas DC-3 of Delta Air Lines and a Vultee BT-13 Valiant of the Tuskegee Aviation Institute collided in mid-air above Muscogee County Airport (now Columbus Airport) in Georgia, United States, and crashed. All nine people on board both aircraft, including eight Delta executives, were killed in the accident. The mid-air collision was the first fatal accident for Delta Air Lines since 1935 and is the deadliest accident to have occurred at the Columbus Airport.
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Bridgewater Road, Columbus
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| N 32.513611111111 ° | E -84.943055555556 ° |
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Columbus Metropolitan Airport
Bridgewater Road
31909 Columbus
Georgia, United States
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