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Old Sep 10, 2007 | 6:07 pm
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alanh
 
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There was also a Braniff BAE 111 that broke up in late 1966 in a thunderstorm.

The most recent major incident on a 1st world airline I can find is an Evergreen cargo 747-100 in 1993. It lost an engine in severe turbulence near Anchorage, but safely returned to the airport. However, the NTSB believed that the engine pylon already had a weak spot and required inspections after the accident on other 747s.
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