Cruelty of Chance: The Cerritos mid-air collision and the crash of Aeroméxico flight 498

On the 31st of August 1986, a quiet holiday weekend in the Los Angeles suburb of Cerritos was shattered by a distant bang, the roar of engines, and a mighty explosion. In the skies overhead, two…

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