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Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)

Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)

Date7/5/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday; Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlifting bodies from site. After fragments of metal and broken bodies have been sorted out; lawyers will negotiate legal liabilities involved.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000175F
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
Armed forces helicopter starts airlifting bodies out
Armed forces helicopter starts airlifting bodies out
7/5/1970
The body of Alan Ness, wrapped in blankets and strapped to the stretcher of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, is lifted away from Lake Ontario. Toro(...)
The body of Alan Ness, wrapped in blankets and strapped to the stretcher of a Canadian Armed Forces helicopter, is lifted away from Lake Ontario. Toro(...)
9/2/1977
Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
6/27/1978
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
View of wreckage through one of the 10 windows of the Burgsma home blown out by the crash of the jetliner
View of wreckage through one of the 10 windows of the Burgsma home blown out by the crash of the jetliner
7/5/1970
Flames destroyed the passenger section of an Air Canada DC-8 on the tarmac, then reached the tail
Flames destroyed the passenger section of an Air Canada DC-8 on the tarmac, then reached the tail
6/21/1973
An air Canada DC-8 burns at Toronto International Airport last night after an explosion ignited jet fuel and turned it into a roaring fireball. Witnes(...)
An air Canada DC-8 burns at Toronto International Airport last night after an explosion ignited jet fuel and turned it into a roaring fireball. Witnes(...)
6/22/1973
Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
6/21/1973
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
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