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* On [[November 11]] [[1965]] a [[United Airlines]] Boeing 727-100 departed [[LaGuardia Airport|New York-LaGuardia]] for a flight to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] via [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Chicago]], Denver, and Salt Lake City. [[United Airlines Flight 227|Flight 227]] crashed on landing at [[Salt Lake International Airport]], causing the deaths of 43 of the 91 people on board. |
* On [[November 11]] [[1965]] a [[United Airlines]] Boeing 727-100 departed [[LaGuardia Airport|New York-LaGuardia]] for a flight to [[San Francisco, California|San Francisco]] via [[Cleveland, Ohio|Cleveland]], [[Chicago]], Denver, and Salt Lake City. [[United Airlines Flight 227|Flight 227]] crashed on landing at [[Salt Lake International Airport]], causing the deaths of 43 of the 91 people on board. |
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* In 1971, an [[Alaska Airlines]] Boeing 727-100 [[Alaska Airlines Flight 1866|operating as flight 1866]] crashed into a mountain while on approach to [[Juneau]], Alaska. The cause included the crew's receiving misleading navigational information. All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed. |
* In 1971, an [[Alaska Airlines]] Boeing 727-100 [[Alaska Airlines Flight 1866|operating as flight 1866]] crashed into a mountain while on approach to [[Juneau]], Alaska. The cause included the crew's receiving misleading navigational information. All seven crew members and 104 passengers were killed. |
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| − | * In 1971, passenger [[D. B. Cooper]] hijacked [[Northwest Airlines Flight 305]] while it was en route from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. After receiving a payment of $200,000 and 4 parachutes when he was in Seattle, he told the pilots to fly to Mexico, and jumped out of the aircraft from the aft airstairs over Washington or Oregon. |
+ | * In 1971, passenger [[D. B. Cooper]] hijacked [[Northwest Airlines Flight 305]] while it was en route from Portland, Oregon to Seattle, Washington. After receiving a payment of $200,000 and 4 parachutes when he was in Seattle, he told the pilots to fly to Mexico, and jumped out of the aircraft from the aft airstairs over Washington or Oregon. Cooper's fate is unknown as of 2008. |
* In 1972, during an attempted [[coup d'état]], jets from the [[Royal Moroccan Air Force]] fired upon the Boeing 727 of [[Hassan II of Morocco|King Hassan II]] of Morocco while he was traveling to Rabat. After the aircraft survived the attack, the king awarded the plane a medal of honor.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} |
* In 1972, during an attempted [[coup d'état]], jets from the [[Royal Moroccan Air Force]] fired upon the Boeing 727 of [[Hassan II of Morocco|King Hassan II]] of Morocco while he was traveling to Rabat. After the aircraft survived the attack, the king awarded the plane a medal of honor.{{Fact|date=July 2008}} |
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* In 1973, on [[February 21]], a [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] Boeing 727-200 flying over the [[Sinai Desert]] was shot by [[Israel]]i air forces that suspected it of being an enemy military plane. Of 113 people on board, 108 died. |
* In 1973, on [[February 21]], a [[Libyan Arab Airlines Flight 114]] Boeing 727-200 flying over the [[Sinai Desert]] was shot by [[Israel]]i air forces that suspected it of being an enemy military plane. Of 113 people on board, 108 died. |
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==Orders and deliveries== |
==Orders and deliveries== |
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