While en route from Paris to New York recently, the Trans-World Airlines Constellation "Star of Cairo" crashed, and burst into flames, on a small island in the river Fergus, near the Shannon airport, Ireland. Twelve of the 23 on board were killed instantly, nine passengers and three of the crew. The photograph shows the wreckage strewn over swampy ground.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26354, 8 January 1947, Page 5
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59While en route from Paris to New York recently, the Trans-World Airlines Constellation "Star of Cairo" crashed, and burst into flames, on a small island in the river Fergus, near the Shannon airport, Ireland. Twelve of the 23 on board were killed instantly, nine passengers and three of the crew. The photograph shows the wreckage strewn over swampy ground. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26354, 8 January 1947, Page 5
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