HELICOPTER TO THE RESCUE.—A United States Air Force helicopter, using a lifeline, picks up one of the 131 survivors from the Portuguese motor-ship Arnel (1026 tons) after the vessel had run aground off Santa Maria Island, in the Azores, in rough weather on September 19. It is thought that 27 persons were drowned when the battered lifeboat in the foreground capsized after it was launched from the ship. The ship carried 133 passengers and a crew of 25. Most of the survivors were rescued by five U.S.A.F. helicopters from Lagens airfield.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 9
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91HELICOPTER TO THE RESCUE.—A United States Air Force helicopter, using a lifeline, picks up one of the 131 survivors from the Portuguese motor-ship Arnel (1026 tons) after the vessel had run aground off Santa Maria Island, in the Azores, in rough weather on September 19. It is thought that 27 persons were drowned when the battered lifeboat in the foreground capsized after it was launched from the ship. The ship carried 133 passengers and a crew of 25. Most of the survivors were rescued by five U.S.A.F. helicopters from Lagens airfield. Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28701, 26 September 1958, Page 9
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