Over 100 Killed Or Injured In Tragic Series Of Crashes
Received Wednesday, 9.40 a.m. LONDON, July 12. At least 107 persons have been killed, or injured in the past 24 hours in the worst series of air crashes since the war. The tcll began yesterday when a Junkers aircraft crashed into the sea off Agadia, Morocco, killing 18. The wreckage was washed ashore today. Then an American Skymaster on the Berlin ' air lift crashed in the Soviet zone 'of Germany.. Spotting aircraft found it deep in the forest about 50 miles north-west of Berlin, but reported no sign of life. It would carry a minimum crew of three. The highest death roll of this Black Letter day was near Bombay, when a giant Constellation plunged into a hillside in a raging monsoon, killing 45 persons, including 13 of America's leading journalists. From Los Angeles this afternoon it was reported that a Standard Airlines plane, believed to be carrying about 40 passengers, crashed into the San Fernando Valley after the pilot had radioed that there was a violent fight on board and asking for the police to wait at the airport. Eleven of the plane's 45 passengers and crew were killed and 30 injured.
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Chronicle (Levin), 13 July 1949, Page 5
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