Injured Person at Building Collapse
Rescuing the patients from the collapsed building was carried out by the fire service department and the locals. A fire fighter is carrying a rescued, injured person to the ambulance. (Photo by Palitha Lakshman de Silva)
Palitha Lakshman de Silva
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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Mas Abi Karsa and His Wife
A couple that survived: Mas Abi Karsa, Editor of an Indonesian newspaper and his wife.
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Patients Carried to the Ambulance
Injured patients being carried in a stretcher to the waiting ambulance when a portion of the Mental Hospital building at Angoda collapsed yesterday. (Pic. by Palitha Lakshman de Silva)
Palitha Lakshman de Silva
Pilgrims Buried with Full Military Honours
The pilgrims from Indonesia who died in the air crash at Katunayake were buried with full military honours in their hometown in Benjarmasin in Kalimantan (formerly Borneo). In the photograph General Alamsyah Perwiranegara Minister for Religious Af...
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