Suffocation Deaths
fN Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) RICHMOND (Virginia). November 11, Most of the 81 victims of Wednesday’s airliner crash at Richmond survived the impact but died of suffocation and burns, medical reports showed, according to United Press International. Dr. H. H. Kimitschnig. acting Virginia State chief medical examiner, said autopsies on the first 17 of the victims showed that all died of suffocation These findings, coupled with the fact that many of the bodies were packed closely together in the wreckage, indicated a frantic jam up at the door as flames flashed through the aircraft, U.PX said.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29669, 13 November 1961, Page 10
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