<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_Air_Flight_1851" id="mwAZs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Independent Air Flight 1851">Independent Air Flight 1851</a> strikes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Alto_(Santa_Maria)" id="mwAZw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pico Alto (Santa Maria)">Pico Alto</a> mountain while on approach to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Maria_Airport_(Azores)" id="mwAZ0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Santa Maria Airport (Azores)">Santa Maria Airport</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores" id="mwAZ4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Azores">Azores</a>, killing all 144 passengers on board.<sup about="#mwt366" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-71"}}' id="cite_ref-71" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-71" id="mwAZ8" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 71;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaA">[71]</span></a></sup><sup about="#mwt370" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-72"}}' id="cite_ref-72" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./February_8#cite_note-72" id="mwAaE" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 72;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwAaI">[72]</span></a></sup>
<span class="mw-reference-text" id="mw-reference-text-cite_note-71"><cite about="#mwt363" class="citation news cs1" id="CITEREFWise1989">Wise, Peter (1989-02-09). <a class="external text" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1989/02/09/144-are-feared-dead-in-azores-plane-crash/e0ec0959-ed82-4947-a951-52a0ce17e0c4/" id="mwC9g" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">"144 are feared dead in Azores plane crash"</a>. <i id="mwC9k"><a href="./The_Washington_Post" id="mwC9o" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a></i>. <a class="mw-redirect" href="./ISSN_(identifier)" id="mwC9s" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="ISSN (identifier)">ISSN</a><span id="mwC9w" typeof="mw:Entity"> </span><a class="external text" href="https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0190-8286" id="mwC90" rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow">0190-8286</a><span class="reference-accessdate" id="mwC94">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap" id="mwC98">2020-08-21</span></span>.</cite><span about="#mwt363" class="Z3988" id="mwC-A" title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=The+Washington+Post&amp;rft.atitle=144+are+feared+dead+in+Azores+plane+crash&amp;rft.date=1989-02-09&amp;rft.issn=0190-8286&amp;rft.aulast=Wise&amp;rft.aufirst=Peter&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Farchive%2Fpolitics%2F1989%2F02%2F09%2F144-are-feared-dead-in-azores-plane-crash%2Fe0ec0959-ed82-4947-a951-52a0ce17e0c4%2F&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AFebruary+8"></span></span>