Surinam Airways Flight 764 Crash Kills 176 on Approach, June 7, 1989
Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes on approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname because of pilot error, killing 176 of 187 aboard.
Date: June 7, 1989
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