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...
United Press Photos
Plane Crashed in Delhi
The wreck of the ill-fated Dakota, belonging to the Indian Airline Corporation, which crashed near the Radio Colony, Delhi, recently. The pilot and co-pilot were killed eighty labourer's huts burnt to ashes.
Central Newsphoto Service
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
Plane Crashed in Katunayake
Pilot Officer N. S. Chelvarajan of the Royal Ceylon Air Force was killed when a Balliol trainer in which he took off from Katunayake airport nose-diced about 1/2 a mile away after it had ascended about 400 ft.
The Times of Ceylon Press
The Flag
Mourning the deceased from the air crash.
The Times of Ceylon Press
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
Air Crash in Trincomalee
This is all that remained of the Royal Ceylon Air Force "Dove" which crashed at China Bay Airport on Thursday, killing all six occupants.—(Castle Studio, Trincomalee).
Castle Studio
Prime Minister R. Premadasa at Angoda Mental Hospital
The Prime Minister R. Premadasa visited the Angoda mental hospital grounds, where a part of a three-storey building had collapsed, killing five patients and causing injuries to six more. The Minister for the Colombo District, Mr. Weerasinghe Malli...
S. Chithrananda