Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean (Ocean) | |
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Nation states
Nation state | Description |
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Bermuda | British overseas territory. Tax haven famous for the Bermuda Triangle. |
Cayman Islands | Tax haven in the Caribbean. |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Events
Event | Description |
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Air India Flight 182 | The biggest mass killing in Canadian history. Bomb blast brought a plane down off the coast of Ireland. |
EgyptAir Flight 990 | Unclear plane disaster. The NTSB concluded this was a deliberate act, the ECAA disputed this conclusion. |
Falklands War | A politically very convenient military conflict championed by Margaret Thatcher. |
Swissair Flight 111 | A 1998 crash of the "UN shuttle". It was subject to the most expensive transport accident investigation in Canadian history, the chief forensic scientist of which claimed in 2011 that he was not allowed to pursue clear evidence of an incendiary device. |
Titanic | The deadliest peacetime sinking of a superliner or cruise ship in history |
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