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Boston Harbour Air Crash

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  • 1960-10-11

A water-logged tail-plane (at left) that tells the story of the Boston harbour air crash in the US. Sixty-two people were killed as the Eastern Airlines Lockheed Electra hurtled to its doom. The 11 survivors were seriously injured. The crash was b...

The Times of Ceylon Press

Colombian Airline Boeing 747 Crashes in Spain

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  • 1983-11-30

The scene after a Colombian Airline Boeing 747 crashed into a muddy field and disintegrated in a fiery explosion at Mejorada Deal Campo, Spain. Nearly 180 people lost their lives.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Crash Victims

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  • 1978-11-15

Crash victims scattered near the wreckage a short while after the disaster.

The Times of Ceylon Press

Crash in Coast of Ratmalana

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  • 1961-3-18

This picture of Mr. Dudley Ranabahu, Air Ceylon pilot was taken last night by a "Mirror" cameraman at the Lunawa Hospital. Besides him is his wife, who had rushed on hearing that the plane had crashed.

Daily Mirror

Crash near Zurich's Kloten Airport

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  • 1963-9-13

Firemen, policemen and rescue workers at the scene of the recent air mishap, where a Swissair Caravelle plane crashed five minutes after it took off from Zurich's Kloten Airport, to become the first major disaster in Swissair's 32-year history. Al...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.

Dakota Airliner Crashed in Spain

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  • 1959-8-27

Thirty-two occupants, 29 of them students and three crew, lost their lives recently when a Dakota airliner chartered by the National Union of Students, crashed on the Montseny Mountains, 25 miles north of Barcelona. The students, most of them Brit...

Keystone Press Agency Ltd.

Edwin ,& James

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  • 1966-11-22

United States astronauts, Edwin Aldrin, and James Lovell smiling cheerfully as they leave a helicopter on the flight-deck of the aircraft-carrier "Wasp"after they had landed safely in the Atlantic in Gemni-12 at the end of their four-day space voy...

United Press International (UK) Ltd.

Hermes Airliner Crash

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  • 1966-10-21

Seventy-six holiday makers had an amazing escape recently, when theis Hermes airliner crashed as it was landing in heavy rain at Southend. The aircraft's brake failed. As the pilot fought for control, it slewed off the runway, ploughed across a fi...

Keystone Press Agency Ltd.

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