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KLM Lockheed Electra Airliner Crash
Rescuers working among the debris of the KLM Lockheed Electra airliner, which crashed into a hill near Cairo Airport recently killing 19 people. The plane was on its way from Rome to Karachi.
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Meeting of Revolutionary Cabinet
Yemen: Deputy Prime Minister Bidani (centre, background) presides over a meeting of the revolutionary cabinet in this Red Sea country recently. This is the first picture out of Yemen since the army coup d'etat in which the Iman (King) and members ...
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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: One of the Imperial lions is seen in this recent picture on a wall, with an Ethiopian musing below it, in the vicinity of the Guks Tournament Arena. The Queen and Prince Philip saw the Guk Tournament during their visit to Et...
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The jagged ends of the tail-piece and the twisted propeller mark the spot where a luxury Solent flying boat owned by Aquila Airlines crashed, last night, in mist, killing the crew of 8 and 35 passengers; while 15 seriously injured were taken to ho...
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Firemen examining the crumpled nose of a Trans-Canada Airways jet-airliner after a plane had ploughed into a muddy cabage field when it overshot the runway while taking off in thick fog from London airport recently. The 90 passengers and crew of s...
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A BOAC Stratocruiser crashed with the loss of 28 lives at Prestwick Airport, Scotland, on Christmas Day. Seven of the crew and one passenger are the only survivors. Here is the nose of the Stratocruiser lying on its side on the runway. The rest of...
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The burnt-out tail section of the Czechoslovakian Ilyushin 18 airliner, which crashed near Casablanca after hitting a high-tension cable last week. The plane which was carrying 64 passengers and a crew of nine, had only one survivor, who was taken...
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Plane Gets Stuck in a Tree in France
When M. Bresse, a pilot from the Caen Aero Club in France went for a flip in the Piper-Club he did not imagine he would stay "up in the cloud" for so long as this. The unlucky pilot was stuck up the tree for some seven hours before the firemen of ...
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Princess Margaretha With her Sister
Princess Margaret of Sweden (right), who will be 20 on October 31st, photographed with her sister, Princess Birgitta (17), and their pet dog, "Anja", in the Royal palace. The princesses are the daughters of Princess Sibylle and the late King Gusta...
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