80 Dead at Llandow: Aviation Safety Demands Change
A charter aircraft returning Welsh rugby supporters from Paris crashed on approach to Llandow airfield, killing 80 of the 83 people aboard. The disaster was the world's deadliest air accident at the time and devastated the tight-knit rugby communities of the South Wales valleys.
March 12, 1950
76 years ago
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