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Plane Explodes Crashes in Rainstorm 81 Perish
A Puerto Rico to Philadelphia airliner with 81 aboard disintegrated in a rainstorm over a muddy cornfield near Elkton Maryland area. Investigators cited in-flight breakup and possible explosive destruction, with lightning and turbulence considered as factors. Wreckage spread over several square miles as divers and officials recovered victims amid a temporary morgue in Elkton.
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Allen
B. R. Allen
Civil Aeronautics Board
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
U. S. 40
Maryland-Delaware
Pond Chance
Baltimore
Dean Wilmoth
Meadow View
Elkton
Edgar Startt
Bainbridge, Md
Naval Base
Abe
Elkton National Guard
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
New Castle
Lie
Philadelphia International
Raymond Gregg
Henry Lindell
Newark