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Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake
Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake

Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake

Date1/12/1987
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Original Toronto Star caption: Dramatic Moment: One of the chopper s missions was this rescue near the Toronto waterfront of two men whose plane had crashed into the lake.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000112F
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Air disaster: The pilot of this Snowbird jet ejected moments before it crashed in Lake Ontario Sunday
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Emergency spotlights outline the scene as Coroner Gerald Blanchet looks over the wreckage of a twin-engine private plane that crashed in Etobicoke's C(...)
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Aircraft Remains: Investigator Rick Pilson probes the wreckage yesterday morning after a Cessna crashed near Inglewood Monday night, killing the pilot
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Mangled wreckage of vintage World War II Fairey Firefly in which Alan Ness crashed to death is raised in three pieces from Lake Ontario by barge-mount(...)
Mangled wreckage of vintage World War II Fairey Firefly in which Alan Ness crashed to death is raised in three pieces from Lake Ontario by barge-mount(...)
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The moment of impact as the plane hits and parts fly
The moment of impact as the plane hits and parts fly
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Reassembled wreckage of the crashed jet is spread out in a government hanger at Toronto International Airport in an attempt to find out why part of th(...)
Reassembled wreckage of the crashed jet is spread out in a government hanger at Toronto International Airport in an attempt to find out why part of th(...)
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