On that same day , an appalled Change_sentiment world witnessed a historic tragedy - the `` Challenger '' Space Shuttle disintegrated in mid-air while on its ascent into space .

Braniff International Airways Flight 542 , a Lockheed L-188 Electra , registration N9705C , was a scheduled domestic flight from Houston , Texas , bound for New York with scheduled stops in Dallas and Washington , D.C. On September 29 , 1959 , 23 minutes into the 41-minute flight from Houston to Dallas Love Field , the aircraft disintegrated Change in mid-air approximately southeast of Buffalo , Texas , killing Killing everyone on board .

This aircraft , another Electra , had disintegrated Change in mid-air after losing Earnings_and_losses its wings in a similar fashion to the Braniff aircraft .

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The demand Request to unify with Armenia began Process_start in a relatively peaceful manner in 1988 ; in the following months , as the Soviet Union disintegrated Change , it gradually grew Expansion into an increasingly violent conflict Hostile_encounter between Armenians and Azerbaijanis , resulting in Causation claims Statement of ethnic cleansing by both sides .

On 23 June 1985 , the Boeing 747-237B serving Supply the flight Self_motion ( 21473/330 , registration , `` Emperor Kanishka '' ) disintegrated Destroying in midair en route from Montreal to London , at an altitude of 31,000 feet ( 9,400 m ) over the Atlantic Ocean , as a result of the explosion Catastrophe from a bomb Terrorism planted Placing by Canadian Sikh terrorists Terrorism .

2 engine ( on the port side nearest the fuselage ) had disintegrated Change , causing Causation extensive damage Damaging to the nacelle , wing , fuel system , landing Self_motion gear , flight controls Control , engine controls Control , and a fire in a fuel tank that self-extinguished .