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April 11, 2008

On April 11, 2008, kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight. The year's #1 song was "Low" by Flo Rida featuring T-Pain. Hyein, Rio Ngumoha, Hudson Meek would arrive in the same year.

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2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2008th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 8th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2000s decade.

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On April 11, 2008

  1. 2008 Kata Air Transport Flight 007 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Chișinău International Airport, killing eight.

    2008 aviation incident in Moldova

    Kata Air Transport Flight 007 was an international flight from Vienna to Khartoum, with stopovers on Chișinău and Antalya. On April 11, 2008, the Antonov An-32 crashed short of the runway, near Băcioi. All eight people were killed.

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Died on April 11, 2008

Merlin German United States Marine

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Hyein 2008– South Korean singer
Rio Ngumoha 2008– English footballer
Hudson Meek 2008– American actor (died 2024)
Ella Gross 2008– American singer, model and actress
Ediz Gürel 2008– Turkish chess grandmaster
Rémi Himbert 2008– French footballer

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