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The first airfield at Jijiga was constructed in 1929. An airplane crash at Jijiga in July 1930 involved the eighth or ninth aircraft introduced to
Ethiopia; it was the second airplane disaster in the country. The plane was a
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272:serving
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206:Surface
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72:Operator
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817:Gambela
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387:History
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59:Summary
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