Hide Article Text (OCR)
CAB ProbesWreckage ofCrashed SetBodies of 81 Victims Sought; Flight Recorder Radiy DamagedELKTON, Md.—lt;AP—The nationTs civil aviation chief said Monday that a jet airliner which crashed'kill' ing all 81 persons aboard cannot be reconstructed as is’ usually done.“There is not enough left to reconstruct, ssfd AlanS. Boyd, chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board.We are hopeful to takc :sornc parts to Washington when they are.removed from the ground where‘they are buried.' / Standing near the field where the Boeing 707 fell to earth Sunday night after exploding in the air, Boyd told a news conference that the four-engine light recorder had been found. But. he raised the possibility ft would prove of little value.]ErFToo Compactedifi-“It was so compacted there is no way to tell at this time whether we can derive any useful information from it, he said.VVe have had torn tapes from other flight records and we were able to make readouts. It is probably a faint hope, that this tape will not be distorted.The plane crashed during a thunderstorm, falling In .fiery fragments about IS miles southwest of Wilmington, Del, vThe plane carried eight crewmen arid 73 passengers—two of them infants.Flight 214 of Par American World Airways was en route from. Puerto ’ Rico to Philadelphia, Only-a few minutes before the. tragedy,. about ’ 65 P asseri-gets'stepped■ safely; fropi^the plane, during its stop in' Balli-more. : .Despite the damage to the recorder, Boyd said, considerableFTurn to page 14, column 4
Newspaper Details
Pasadena Independent
Pasadena, California, US
Tue, Dec 10, 1963
Page 1
Full Page
Clipped by
Anonymous
AL, USA 09 Apr 2024
Other Publications Near Pasadena, California
Independent
Independent Topics
Pasadena Topics
Pasadena Independent Topics
Star News
