AIRLINER CRASH
SURVIVORS BELIEVED TO • NUMBER FIVE NEW YORK, September 19. At least five persons—two men, two women, and a child—are believed to have survived the crash of the Belgian trans-Atlantic airliner in Newfoundland. The wreckage of the liner was found to-day by the pilot of a searching aircraft, who said that three persons waved coats as he flew over. He saw other survivors four miles away, and supplies have been dropped for them by a Coast Guard pilot. The airliner, carrying 37 passeners and a crew of seven, was earlier reported about 12 hours overdue .in Newfoundland from Europe. It left Shannon, Eire, late on Tuesday night, and was over Gander early this morning. , A. search party reached the scene of the crash but a failure of radio communication prevented transmission of details of what was found. The party only reported that the aeroplane was burnt cut except for its tail section and that the party had prepared to evacuate survivors tomorrow. The number of survivors was not given.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 21 September 1946, Page 7
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