1938 Japan Mid-air Collision
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On August 24, 1938, an Imperial Japanese Army Air Force flying school Mitsubishi Ki1 military trainer collided in midair with a Japan Air Transport Fokker Super Universal airliner over the
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district of Tokyo, Japan. Both aircraft were destroyed, killing the crew of both planes – two on the military trainer and three on the airliner (there were no passengers). A large number of people on the ground gathered around the burning wreckage to observe what had just happened, but the fuel tank of the plane exploded several minutes later, killing and injuring a large number of people. Different sources give different ground casualty totals: 40 dead and 106 injured, at least 53 dead, 55 dead and 190 injured, 63 dead, 65 dead and 60 injured, 80 dead and 76 injured, 80 dead and 78 injured.


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