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TIL on October 2 1990, a hijacked Boeing 737 sideswiped a Boeing 707 and then collided into a Boeing 757 at China’s former Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport. It resulted in 128 people being killed and the Captain of the 707 getting injured.

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