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Surviving Super Constellation Crash
A miracle Atlantic rescue went last week with a ship-to-shore airlift for injured survivors. They were snatched from a sea-hell when their super constellation airliner ditched in mid-Atlantic. Seventeen of the 44 survivors aboard the Swiss rescue ...
Daily Mirror
The three survivors of the Air India plane which crashed in the South China Sea, seen in an ambulance on their arrival in Singapore aboard the British frigate, Dampier. Left to right: Engineer A. S. Karnik; Flight Navigator J. C. Patak and Co-pilo...
United Press Photos
Survivors of Icelandic Air Crash
Some of the lucky ones to survive the plane crash at Andiambalama on Wednesday night were rushed to Colombo. They are being attended to at the Accident Service. Among those who miraculously escaped death were the two Icelandic Air Hostesses (top r...
The Times of Ceylon Press
Five of the six survivors of the Pamir come down the gangway of the American plane. They look for relatives among the vast crowd which turned out to meet them. Left to right, they are: Valkert Anders, Hans Wirth, Heinz Kraaz, Klaus Fredrich and Ka...
United Press Photos
Picture shows police and experts searching through a field in Duerrenaesch, Switzerland, in an effort to identify wreckage found after the crash of the Rome-bound Swiss Air Caraville jet recently. Eighty people aboard the airliner lost their lives...
United Press International (UK) Ltd.
The Caravelle seen after it had landed at Orly Airport showing the part of the fuselage which was ripped open.
Keystone Press Agency Ltd.
The fuselage and wings of the "Provost" jet plane which crashed into the Negombo Lagoon yesterday morning being removed by lorry to the RCyAF Headquarters, Negombo, this morning.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The HMS Wakeful with a Rescue Aircraft
The HMS Wakeful, a frigate of the Mediterranean Fleet, arrived in Malta towing an American amphibian rescue aircraft abandoned during operations at sea.
Sport & General Press Agency Ltd.
The Path to Disaster for Air India's Flight
The Path to disaster for Air India's flight 101 from Bombay as part of Mont Blanc was obscured by cloud (shown lightly in the diagram.)
The Times of Ceylon Press