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1948 Northwood mid-air collision, a Common card
The 1948 Northwood mid-air collision took place on 4 July at 15:03 when a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System and an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force collided in mid-air over Northwood in London, UK.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 54
- Power
- 115
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 6,100
Power 115 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
1948 Northwood mid-air collision quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the 1948 Northwood mid-air collision card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
All thirty-nine people aboard both ______ were killed.
Answer
aircraft. All thirty-nine people aboard both aircraft were killed. From the 1948 Northwood mid-air collision article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The ____ Northwood mid-air collision took place on 4 July at 15:03 when a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System and an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force collided in mid-air over Northwood in London, UK.
Answer
1940s. The 1948 Northwood mid-air collision took place on 4 July at 15:03 when a Douglas DC-6 of Scandinavian Airlines System and an Avro York C.1 of the Royal Air Force collided in mid-air over Northwood in London, UK. From the 1948 Northwood mid-air collision article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Asia-Pacific Film Festival. Asia-Pacific Film Festival 72 · Ivan Zhdanov 69 · Donald Kennedy 65 · 1948 Northwood mid-air collision 61 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- All thirty-nine people aboard both aircraft were killed.
- It was SAS's first fatal aviation accident and was at the time the deadliest civilian aviation accident in the UK.
- It is still the deadliest mid-air collision in British history.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The 1948 Northwood mid-air collision article was read about 6,100 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 54: each hit it takes is cut by 22 %.
How to get 1948 Northwood mid-air collision
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, 1948 Northwood mid-air collision (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : SAS Museum, Norway, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.
