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March 5[edit]
1966: BOAC Flight 911 broke up in mid-air near Mount Fuji due to extreme turbulence, killing all 124 people aboard.
2002: Typhoon Mitag reached peak intensity over the northwestern Pacific Ocean with 1-minute maximum sustained winds of 260 km/h (160 mph). Mitag was the first super typhoon on record in the month of March.