KLM Flight 607-E, also known as Hugo de Groot, registration PH-LKM, was a Lockheed Super Constellation which crashed 180 kilometres west of Shannon, Ireland on August 14, 1958. All 99 on board died in the accident, including six members of the Egyptian fencing team.
Flight 607-E departed Shannon, Ireland at 3:05 GMT on the second leg of a transatlantic trip from Amsterdam to New York City with intermediate stops in Shannon and Gander, Newfoundlan...
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KLM Flight 607-E
Airliner accident
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- Aug 14, 1958
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Passengers:
- 91
Crew:
- 8
Fatalities:
- 99
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