Evening Post Wed April 11th 1973 A big appeal fund to help those stricken by the disas- ter was launched this after- noon by Axbridge Rural Council chairman John Walter. Bristol United Press, pub- lisher of the Evening Post and Western Daily Press, immediately announced that they would make an initial gift of £1,000. GRIEF It…

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Western Daily Press April 11th 1973. Stephen Chadwick, former Western Daily Press sub-editor  RADIO contact with the crashed plane was lost between 10 and 10.10 a.m. after it overshot Basle-Mulhouse airport in fog and driving snow, airport authorities said last night. Five minutes later the plane vanished from the radar screens, heading south to the…

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Western Daily Press April 11th 1973 By Garth Pearce  MRS. MARIAN Warron, who should have been on yesterday’s death trip, sold her ticket at half-price after a nightmare premonition of the crash. She saw the horror of exactly what happened In a dream three weeks ago. “I saw the plane come over some trees and crash…

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Western Daily Press April 11th 1973 34 of those who lived THOSE known to have survived the crash are: Miss J. Besley, Mrs. J. Bowen, R. Bowen, Mrs. M. Carver. Mrs. S. Cole (already released from hospital). Mrs. I. Hooper, Mr. B. Jones (out of hospital). Mrs. M. Sampson Mrs. K. Scott, Miss L. Simmonds,…

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Wester Daily Press April 11th 1973. Western Daily Press Reporters 105 Killed on West Day Trip39 survive mothers’ charter flight Western Daily Press Reporters A DAY OUT by air from Bristol yesterday ended in death near Base, Switzerland, for 96. Nine more are missing, feared dead. All 138 passengers came from Axbridge, Cheddar, Congresbury and…

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