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    Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was a military charter flight carrying 214 American troops bound for South Vietnam. On July 1, 1968, the plane was...
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    with Cam Ranh Bay, Vietnam. In 1968, one of these flights operating as Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was forced to land in the Soviet Union with 214...
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  • Seaboard World Airlines (1960 to 1980), an international cargo airline that also served as a U.S. military carrier Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a Soviet-American...
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    of recorder. These radars had been used in 1968 to alert Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A in a similar situation. Aviation Safety Database Young &...
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  • Aeropostal Venezolana Flight 253 (November 1956), an airliner that crashed in Venezuela on 27 November 1956 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, Soviet-American...
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    was being serviced. 1 July 1968 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a DC-8-63, was operating a military charter flight when it was forced to land on one...
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  • 29 on board; one person on the ground also dies. July 1 – Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a Douglas DC-8, was forced to land in the Soviet Union;...
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    number of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 fighter jets. In 1968, Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A was intercepted over the Kurils and forced to land at Burevestnik...
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    intercepted in Soviet airspace by two MiG-17 jet fighters. Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a Douglas DC-8 chartered by the Army had been en route to...
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  • on board and forces it to fly him to Cuba. July 1 Seaboard World Airlines Flight 253A, a chartered Douglas DC-8 Super 63CF carrying 214 American troops...
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