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Airliner Narrowly Misses Disaster In Chicago
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keywords: aircraft accident, runway overshoot
Synopsis: A brush with death as an airliner with 68 passengers overshoots the runway at Midway Field and plows through a fence at the end of the field while the pilots swerve to avoid a concrete abutment and parked cars while the airliner propellors snag the fencing causing it to swirl and tear a deep gash into the skin of the plane...(read more)
- Date: 1955
- Duration: 00:00:34
- Sound: Yes
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
Airliner Overshoots Runway With No Deaths
An airman’s calm skill averts death for 68 as his giant airliner overshoots the runway and plows through a fence, narrowly missing a concrete abutment and parked automobiles in the path.
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- Newsreels: 1955 - August 8
