1961 U.S. FIGURE SKATING Team Airplane Crash Newspaper
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1961 U.S. FIGURE SKATING Team Airplane Crash Newspaper (Note: additional images are located below the description) Shown is an original & historic old newspaper, offered to enhance your collectible interest: THE PRATT DAILY TRIBUNE, Kansas, February 15, 1961 * 1961 United States figure skating team * Sabena flight 548 (1st report) This 8 page newspaper has a one column headline on the front page: "Jet Crash In Belgium Kills 73" Other news of the day. Little spine wear, otherwise in good condition. wikipedia notes: Sabena Flight 548, registration OO-SJB, was a Boeing 707 aircraft en route from New York International Airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport) to Brussels, Belgium's Zaventem Airport on February 15, 1961. The flight crashed during the approach for landing. All 72 on board were killed, as was one person on the ground. The crash was the first fatal accident involving a Boeing 707 in regular passenger service.[1] Among the dead were the entire United States Figure Skating team, who were en route to the 1961 World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia. There was no indication of trouble on board the plane until it approached the Brussels airport. The pilot had to circle the airport while waiting for a small plane to clear the runway. Then, according to eyewitnesses, the plane began to climb and bank
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