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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...
The Times of Ceylon Press
"Crash-girl's mother did not love her" Anthea Lycett, the 3-year-old "give-away baby" who survived the Benghazi air crash being carried by Mr. Lycett from the anbulance into a London hospital. Anthea was burned and had her elbow fractured in the ...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
Bodies Scattered at Katunayake
Bodies, some charred, some sans limbs found scattered at Katunayake.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Captain Lundkvist and Lieut. Billy Nilsson
Captain Lundkvist (left), pilot, and Lieut. Billy Nilsson (right), co-pilot of the United Nations Dakota Aircraft which crashed over Katanga recently. A UN official said preliminary reports suggested that the plane was shot down by "undetermined" ...
Planet News Ltd.
Dr. Rodrigo Sarmiento Survives the Plane Crash
Dr. Rodrigo Sarmiento (centre), who was convicted for manslaughter in New York and deported, was among one of the survivors of a huge plane that ditched eleven miles off Polillo in north-east Luzon. Picture shows the convicted Filipino doctor leav...
Pan-Asia Photos
A couple that survived: Mas Abi Karsa, Editor of an Indonesian newspaper and his wife.
The Times of Ceylon Press
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...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Surviving Super Constellation Crash
The Canadian aircraft carrier, "Bonaventure" approaching Eire with injured survivors and some bodies recovered from the sea, following the Super Constellation crash in the Atlantic. Uninjured survivors were being taken to Antwerp aboard the Swiss ...
Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.
The Funeral Service for 'Comet' Victims
The funeral service for the 'Comet' disaster victims is held at Porta Azzuro on the Island of Elba. Above is the view inside the local Cathedral, during the service for the 35 victims—passengers and crew—who lost their lives when the British 'Come...
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.