Continental Airlines Flight 1713, Aircraft crash in the United States of America
Continental Airlines Flight 1713 was a commercial flight that crashed at Denver's Stapleton International Airport.
The accident occurred on November 15, 1987, due to poor handling of icy conditions and resulted in 28 fatalities.
The crash of Flight 1713 significantly influenced aviation safety practices and ice-detection protocols.
Many of the safety procedures in current aviation were developed as a result of this tragedy.
The incident stands as one of the deadliest commercial airline crashes in America during the 1980s.
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