Category: New York Times

  • Three English Villages Sadly bury the Victims of Swiss Air Disaster

    Three English Villages Sadly bury the Victims of Swiss Air Disaster

    New York Times April 20, 1973 Women from this and six other communities nestling in the Mendip Hills of southwest England died on a charter flight to Switzerland that the tourist brochure described as a journey to “the fairy tale country for the day of your dreams.” They were headed for a Swiss spring fair.…

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  • New York Times Report 1973

    New York Times Report 1973

    The New York Times reported on the crash Source – New York Times © copyright [1973] New York Times GENEVA, April 10—A British charter plane crashed during a heavy snowstorm this morning while trying to land at Basel, in northwestern Switzerland. More than 100 passengers and crewmen were killed. Invicta, the charter company that operated the…

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