Today in History 11/29 (Trans-Canada Air Lines)

Fatalities: 118
Date: Nov 29, 1963
Flight origin: Montréal–Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport
Destination: Toronto Pearson International Airport
Survivors: 0
Passengers: 111
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Trans Canada Air Lines Douglas DC-8-54CF (CF-TJN) at London Heathrow Airport. This aircraft crashed on 29 November 1963, only several months after this photo as taken.
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Died: Nov 04, 1962
Space missions: Mercury-Atlas 5
Space agency: NASA
Chimpanzee Enos with handler before Mercury-Atlas 5 flight Enos became the first chimp to orbit the earth on November 29, 1961, aboard a Mercury Atlas rocket. Although the mission plan originally called for three orbits, due to a malfunctioning thruster and other technical difficulties, flight controllers were forced to terminate Enos' flight after two orbits. Enos landed in the recovery area and was picked up 75 minutes after splashdown. He was found to be in good overall condition and both he and the Mercury spacecraft performed well. His mission concluded the testing for a human orbital flight, achieved by John Glenn on February 20, 1962. Enos died at Holloman Air Force Base of a non-space related case of dysentery 11 months after his flight. For more information about Enos and other animals who have made the journey into space, visit: history.nasa.gov/animals.html
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