Portal:Transport/Selected anniversaries/September 11

• 1602 – Henry Hudson comes across Manhattan Island and the natives living there.
• 1916 – The Quebec Bridge's central span collapses, killing 11 men. The bridge initially collapsed in toto on August 29, 1907.
• 1968 – Air France Flight 1611 crashes off Nice, France, killing 89 passengers and 6 crew.
• 1972 – Bay Area Rapid Transit (pictured) in San Francisco, United States begins regular service.
• 1997 – NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
• 2001 – Several airliners hijacked and crashed in the United States as part of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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