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Airliner Crash: 129 Killed in Tourist Flight

Airliner Crash: 129 Killed in Tourist Flight
Clip: 425844_1_1
Year Shot: 1967 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1760
Original Film: 040-034-03
HD: N/A
Location: Cyprus, Greece
Timecode: 00:09:53 - 00:10:41

"A Swiss charter airliner is hit by lighting over Cyprus' mountains and crashes into a hillside, killing all aboard except four of the crew. It's the worst air disaster in Cyprus history; and one of the worst serious in civil aviation. Most of the victims were Swiss and German tourists returning from a cut-rate tour of the Far East Panning TLS - Debris & wreckage strewn along hillside, stop at remnants of engine. TLS - Man in light-colored business suit standing, walking through debris by wreckage of fuselage. TLS - Smoldering wreckage of propeller engine. MSs - Grecian Army soldiers carrying dead bodies on stretchers from scene. MSs - Passenger belongings, debris scattered on ground: luggage, purse, travel paraphernalia for Thailand, doll, photograph.