1954 PLANE CRASH COVER! ITALY - NY, Idlewild Airport, DAMAGE DUE TO INTERUPTIION

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Country

Italy

Condition

Cover (Postal History)

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Single

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Grade: Ungraded
12/18/1954 PLANE CRASH COVER!Flown From ITALY to NYC, Idlewild AirportHandstamped"DAMAGE DUE TO INTERUPTION NEWAR N. Y. INT'L AIRPORTDEC _ _"PLANE CRASH COVER!Excerpt: PLANE FALLS, 26 PERSONS FEARED LOST. 6 SURVIVE AS AIRLINER RAMS PIER AT IDLEWILD; TRIED TO LAND IN RAIN. New York, Dec. 18. -- (AP) -- A big Italian Airlines plane rammed into a pier, burst into flames and hurtled into the waters of Jamaica Bay at Idlewild Airport today after making four desperate attempts to land in mist and rain. Twenty-six of the 32 persons aboard were feared lost. There were only six known survivors four of them Americans. Hours after the crash, which occurred at 2 p. m., only eight bodies had been recovered. Rescue crews grappled through the fog and darkness for 18 others. Most of the passengers on the DC6B, one of the largest planes in civilian aviation service, were Italians or persons of Italian descent. Many were coming home for the Christmas holidays. The four-engined ship, carrying 22 passengers and a crew of 10, crashed into the end of the 2,000-foot pier, sheared off a section of the plane and then slammed broadside into the structure. The plane, which was attempting to land on instruments, broke apart on hitting the pier and then plummeted into the waters of Jamaica Bay.Damaged Condition of course!

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