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Air disaster: The pilot of this Snowbird jet ejected moments before it crashed in Lake Ontario Sunday
Air disaster: The pilot of this Snowbird jet ejected moments before it crashed in Lake Ontario Sunday

Air disaster: The pilot of this Snowbird jet ejected moments before it crashed in Lake Ontario Sunday

Date9/5/1989
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Original Toronto Star caption: Air disaster: The pilot of this Snowbird jet ejected moments before it crashed in Lake Ontario Sunday.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0000148F
Moments after his friend Alan Ness crashed to his death, William McBride lies in a faint at the CNE mobile air control centre. McBride is president of(...)
Moments after his friend Alan Ness crashed to his death, William McBride lies in a faint at the CNE mobile air control centre. McBride is president of(...)
9/2/1977
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
1/12/1987
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(...)
7/15/1970
Aircraft Remains: Investigator Rick Pilson probes the wreckage yesterday morning after a Cessna crashed near Inglewood Monday night, killing the pilot
Aircraft Remains: Investigator Rick Pilson probes the wreckage yesterday morning after a Cessna crashed near Inglewood Monday night, killing the pilot
4/20/1993
Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)
Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)
7/8/1970
Three died yesterday when this eight-passenger Cessna 401 crashed into Lake Ontario while turning for landing at Toronto Island Airport.
Three died yesterday when this eight-passenger Cessna 401 crashed into Lake Ontario while turning for landing at Toronto Island Airport.
23 July 1976
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(...)
9/2/1977
This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
11/24/1970
Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
6/30/1978
At the scene of the jet Sunday that killed 108 persons
At the scene of the jet Sunday that killed 108 persons
7/7/1970
This scene of a simulated air disaster at Toronto International Airport with 250 victims looked so real that passengers flying overhead had to be assu(...)
This scene of a simulated air disaster at Toronto International Airport with 250 victims looked so real that passengers flying overhead had to be assu(...)
9/16/1976
Worst air disaster in Canada s history was the crash in October
Worst air disaster in Canada s history was the crash in October
6/28/1946