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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(...)

Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)

Date7/8/1970
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Original Toronto Star caption: Stained with blood and partially burned; mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted by an Air Canada worker. About 14 bags of mail have been recovered from the scene of the crash in a field in which all of the 108 persons aboard died instantly.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000181F
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(...)
7/5/1970
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
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
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
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
stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
7/15/1970
Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
6/26/1978
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
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
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
Airport firefighters pour chemical foam on wreckage of twin-engined cargo plane that crashed at Malton airport today, killing the two-man crew
Airport firefighters pour chemical foam on wreckage of twin-engined cargo plane that crashed at Malton airport today, killing the two-man crew
6/22/1983
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