LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

USAir Flight 5050 accident

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Sep 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:06

Description

Paul Woodley reports from New York on an incident where a Boeing 737 skidded off a runway at take off at New York’s LaGuardia airport and plunged into a river and the rescue operation which saved most of the 61 on board. Only two people are reported dead and nine seriously injured. Includes interviews with Margaret Vandenberg(?), passenger; unidentified male passenger.

Contributors

Paul Woodley; Margaret Vandenberg(?)

Keywords

USA; Air accidents; Deaths; New York; Rescue work; Boeing; Crashes (aircraft); LaGuardia airport

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