Vulcan Bomber Crashes Malta: Five Dead in Mid-Air Explosion
An RAF Avro Vulcan bomber exploded and plunged into the Maltese town of Zabbar after an aborted landing approach, killing all five crew members and one civilian on the ground. The crash of the nuclear-capable Cold War bomber prompted urgent reviews of flight safety procedures at Mediterranean military airfields.
October 14, 1975
51 years ago
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