{"id":4713,"canonical_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1961ce-feb-15--4713","name":"1961 CE, February 15","year":1961,"era":"CE","month":2,"day":15,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1961ce-feb-15--4713","iso-date":"1961-02-15","precision":"year-month-day","description":"\u003cp\u003eSabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707 flying from NY City to Brussels, Belgium crashes as it attempts to land in clear weather on February 15, 1961. All 72 people aboard perished including the entire 18-member U.S. figure skating team, 16 people accompanying them and 38 other passengers and crew and on person on the ground. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","additional_details":"\u003cp\u003eThe U.S. figure skating team was on its way to the 1961 World Figure Skating Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Investigators were unable to determine the exact cause of the crash, although mechanical difficulties were suspected.\u003ca href=\"https://www.brusselstimes.com/921878/today-in-history-sabena-flight-548-crashes-just-outside-brussels-airport\"\u003e More\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","photo":"","created_at":"2026-02-17T23:19:45-08:00","updated_at":"2026-02-17T23:24:54-08:00","breadcrumbs":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"February History","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/february"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"February 15","item":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/february-15"}]},"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Thing","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1961ce-feb-15--4713#eventK365","name":"1961 CE, February 15","headline":"Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707 flying from NY City to Brussels, Belgium crashes as it attempts to land in... - 1961 CE","description":"Sabena Flight 548, a Boeing 707 flying from NY City to Brussels, Belgium crashes as it attempts to land in clear weather on February 15, 1961. All 72 people...","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/events/1961ce-feb-15--4713","additionalType":"HistoricalEvent","inLanguage":"en","datePublished":"2026-02-17T23:19:45-08:00","dateModified":"2026-02-17T23:24:54-08:00","publisher":{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#organizationK365"},"temporalCoverage":"1961-02-15","isPartOf":[{"@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/#websiteK365"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/february","name":"What Happened in February History"},{"@type":"CollectionPage","@id":"https://www.kudos365.com/today-in-history/february-15#pageK365","name":"What Happened on February 15"}]}}