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Title
Continental plane crash at LAX
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Haering, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued
1978
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.
A Continental Airlines DC-10, departing Los Angeles for Honolulu, experienced tire failure of the left main landing gear during take-off, leading the captain to reject the take-off. Once it was determined that the aircraft could not stop on the runway, it was was steered to the right and departed the right corner of the runway end. About 100 feet beyond that, the left main gear failed, causing a fire to erupt. Two of Flight 603's 200 occupants were killed in the accident.
Photograph caption dated March 1, 1978 reads, "Continental Flight 603 bound for Hawaii crashed during take-off at Los Angeles International Airport today."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;23 x 32 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00093530
Herald Examiner Collection
HE_b001_f6_i15
CARL0005027887
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/29275
Subject
Continental Airlines
Los Angeles International Airport
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles
Airplanes--California--Los Angeles
McDonnell Douglas DC-10 (Jet transport)
Fires--California--Westchester (Los Angeles)
Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles
Airports--California--Los Angeles
Westchester (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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