Title supplied by cataloger. Around Holmes Avenue and Reva Circle Road in Cerritos, county paramedics and fire fighters examine debris which fell from the sky as a result of a mid-air collision between Aerome´xico Flight 498 and a Piper PA-28-181 Archer. The collision killed 67 people aboard both aircraft and 15 people on the ground. Photograph dated August 31, 1986.
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image
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1 photographic print :b&w ;29 x 36 cm. Photographic prints
Aerome´xico Aircraft accidents--California--Cerritos Airplanes--California--Cerritos Aircraft accident victims--California--Cerritos Fire fighters--California--Los Angeles County Emergency medical technicians--California--Los Angeles County McDonnell Douglas MD-80 (Jet transport) Debris--California--Cerritos Dwellings--California--Cerritos Streets--California--Cerritos Piper airplanes Cerritos (Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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