Air Crash in England
A BACIII airliner — Britain's newest aircraft — took off from Wisley, Surrey recently on a circular trip during which more tests were to be made on aerodynamics and ended in disaster when it lost height rapidly and plunged into this field at Stone...
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Plane Crashed in England
A test [...] and his assistant were killed when a twin-engined Varsity plane crashed on to a house in Gloucester recently. Three women in the house escaped, as did nearly 1,000 children in the nearby schools as the plane skimmed over the roof of t...
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Plane Crashed in England
The jagged ends of the tail-piece and the twisted propeller mark the spot where a luxury Solent flying boat owned by Aquila Airlines crashed, last night, in mist, killing the crew of 8 and 35 passengers; while 15 seriously injured were taken to ho...
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An Unusual Road Block
Overshooting its runway owing to brake failure, this Canberra came to rest straddled across the road Two-way traffic was completely held up. The incident occurred on the main London-to-Portsmouth road at Wesley, Surrey.
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52 Die in Boeing Crash
Gatwick, Surrey: Police comb the disintegrated wreckage of an Afghanistan Ariana Airlines Boeing 727 airliner which crashed early this morning whilst attempting to land in thick ground fog at Gatwick airport. The airliner carrying 63 persons, shea...
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Plane Crashed in London
London Airport: The only piece of recognisable wreckage, of the the British European Airways Vanguard airliner which crashed in thick fog at London Airport, was the pilot's cockpit.
All 36 persons aboard the airliner, on a night flight from Edinbu...
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