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35 Miles From Shore

The Ditching and Rescue of ALM Flight 980

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A True Story

Available in print, eBook, and Audio Download

May 2, 1970

ALM 980 Departs New York for St. Maarten

They Never Make It

Instead the plane with 57 passengers and a crew of six runs out of fuel and is forced to ditch in the Caribbean Sea

This is Their Story

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