The Viscount Airliner Crashed at Surrey
The Viscount Airliner carrying Mr. Menderes, the Turkish Premier and party to London for the Cyprus talks, (last week) after it had crashed at Newdigate, Surrey. Mr. Menderes, who was one of the 10 survivors, escaped with minor injuries. The plane...
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Ambassador of Iceland Thanks Sri Lanka
Mr. Petur Thoreteinsson, (left) roving Ambassador of Iceland conveyed to the President Mr. J. R. Jayewardene (centre) the Iceland Government's thanks and appreciation of the manner in which Sri Lanka helped all those involved in the tragic Iceland...
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BOAC Boeing 707 on Fire
Flames leaping from the wing of a BOAC Boeing 707 airliner which recently made an emergency landing at London's Heathrow Airport. One-hundred-and-twenty one of the 126 people aboard managed to escape from the blazing aircraft.
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Hong Kong Air Disaster
Rescue boats and a floating crane working around a Pacific airways Convair 880 which crashed recently in Hong Kong harbour, after taking off with 127 people aboard. All but one of them survived.
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Survivors of the Pamir
Five of the six survivors of the Pamir come down the gangway of the American plane. They look for relatives among the vast crowd which turned out to meet them. Left to right, they are: Valkert Anders, Hans Wirth, Heinz Kraaz, Klaus Fredrich and Ka...
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Icelandic Airways Crash
Part of the Icelandic Airways DC 8, a short while after the crash.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Plane Crashed in North West London
A small two-seater Auster aircraft that was being flown by two Australian dentists crashed on top of a four-storey block of flats in Willesden, North West London, recently killing both of them. The pilot was 30-year-old Robert Campbell, father of ...
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Viking Airliner Crashed into Houses
Eight people including the crew of three and a four weeks old baby lost their lives when a Viking Airliner crashed into houses in Kelvin Gardens, Southall, recently. The Rev. Richard Hetherington carrying the pathetic bundle—containing the body of...
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