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Who was the first aeronautical fatality, and under what circumstances did this death occur?
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Orville Wright’s final flight at Fort Myer in 1908 ended in tragedy. The airplane crashed, killing Lieutenant Thomas Selfridge, a passenger flying with Wright. Wright suffered broken ribs, a fractured leg, and hip injuries.