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11/09/1991 Flight 2574 breaks up over Texas

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Mayday - Break Up Over Texas - Continental Express 2574

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Houston, We Have a Problem

Continental Express Flight 2574 was a scheduled domestic passenger airline flight operated by Britt Airways. In September 1991, the Embraer EMB 120 Brasilia, crashed while the turboprop aircraft was en route to Houston, killing all 14 people on board. The aircraft wreckage hit an area near Eagle Lake, Texas.
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