British airship <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R101" id="mwbg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="R101">R101</a> crashes in France <i id="mwbw">en route</i> to India on its maiden voyage killing 48 people.<sup about="#mwt50" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-8"}}' id="cite_ref-8" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./October_5#cite_note-8" id="mwcA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 8;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwcQ">[8]</span></a></sup>
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