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The crowd crush is the worst recorded accident to have occurred in Sabarimala. In the past on 14 January 1952, 66 Ayyappa pilgrims were burnt to death when two fireworks sheds caught fire, while on the same day in 1999, 52 pilgrims were killed following a crowd crush during their return after witnessing the Makara Jyothi at Pamba. [2]
Wednesday's plane crash that killed a yet-unknown number of U.S. figure skating team members recalls memories of another tragedy nearly 64 years ago.
Among the people who died in the crash included 16 family members, coaches and friends of the skaters. The 1961 U.S. figure skating team before boarding Sabena Flight 548 STF/AFP via Getty Images
Carrier and Campbell died along with their teammates on February 15, 1961, when Sabena Flight 548 crashed en route to the World Championships. A $10 million USFS Memorial Fund was set up to honor the crash victims to support the training of promising young skaters. [3] She was 20 years old.
Sabena Flight 548 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Idlewild Airport in New York City to Brussels Airport in Belgium. On 15 February 1961, the Boeing 707-329 operating the flight crashed on approach to Brussels Airport, killing all 72 people on board and one person on the ground.
A 26-year-old woman pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a fatal April 2023 drunk-driving crash in South Carolina, USA, that killed a bride on her wedding day and injured the groom. Driving ...
[10] [12] The Brunswick County coroner [18] ordered autopsies of the passengers and crew to determine the specific cause of death for each. [13] One of the victims was Vice Admiral Edward Orrick McDonnell, U.S. Navy (retired), a recipient of the Medal of Honor and a veteran of both World Wars. [1] Other victims included a vice president of the ...
Savannah Police identified Boris Yusupov as the pilot who died in the small plane crash in midtown Savannah on Sunday night.