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Indonesia Plane Crash in Katunayake
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The bodies of 147 air crash victims wrapped in cloth and mats lying in a Sri Lanka Air Force hangar.
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The RcyAF "Pioneer" plane crash-landed on a house at Nuwara Eliya yesterday after developing engine trouble. The pilot, Flying Officer, Walter Fernando, tried to land on the racecourse but was unable to do so owing to crowds that had gathered. The...
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Dismantling operations being carried on the Indian Airlines Viscount airliner, which skidded into the approach road at Ratmalana Airport last Wednesday. Since then the approach road has been closed to traffic.
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Wreckage of the two-seater Balliol trainer which crashed at Katunayake with pilot-officer N. S. Chelvarajan of the Royal Ceylon Air Force.
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The search for bodies went on yesterday too.
The Times of Ceylon Press
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 victims scattered near the wreckage a short while after the disaster.
The Times of Ceylon Press
Air Crash at Ratmalana Airport
This Indian Airlines Viscount skidded off the Ratmalana airport runway at 2.30 p.m. yesterday in pouring rain and travelled on its "belly" a distance of over 250 yards before it came to a halt in front of a signpost of the Bata Shoe factory, which...
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