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56 Passengers And Crew Perish In Plane Crash In New York
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keywords: tragedies, aircraft crash, curtiss c-46 commando
Synopsis: Seven minutes after taking off a surplus army C-46 aircraft crashes into the Elizabeth River in New Jersey taking the lives of all 56 passengers and crew and later found that the hero pilot after losing an engine and having the wing shorn off fought to miss populated and areas beneath him to crash in a deserted stretch of river - saving countless additional lives through the loss of his own and passengers...(read more)
- Date: 1951
- Duration: 00:01:05
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Plane Crash In New York All Passengers And Crew Perish
The second worst air disaster in U.S. history takes the lives of fifty-six passengers and crew, when a C-46 non-scheduled airliner falls in flames shortly after a taking off from Newark. The huge craft narrowly missed plummeting into congested city streets.
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- Newsreels: 1951 - December 18
