The Day the Music Died: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and J. P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson are killed in a plane crash. Also, a US Marines jet slices down a cable car in Italy, Lufthansa launches the first regular transatlantic...
After a number of dark years for the airline's finances, things are finally starting to look up for Qantas as they have begun to return to profitability.
The wife of Captain Clayton Osbon in which she asked the media to respect her family's privacy and said she and her family believe that Osbon "was not intentionally violent."