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Rescue workers and survivors stand looking at the wreckage of Standard Airlines C-46, 1949

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Title: Rescue workers and survivors stand looking at the wreckage of Standard Airlines C-46, 1949
Date Created and/or Issued: July 13, 1949
1949-07-13
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Plane crashed in Santa Susana Mountains near Simi Valley and Chatsworth.
BODIES SCATTERED – The dead, dying and injured were flung through the inferno like dolls when Standard Airlines plane crashed in Santa Susana Mountains. First rescuers from the Simi area raced among the screaming victims, passing by the dead in frantic efforts to save living. Girl’s body was found under wing.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: b70_58744e
ark:/21198/zz00152qt7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Emergency medical services--California--Los Angeles County
Disaster
Police--California--Los Angeles
Airplanes--United States--1940-1950
Aircraft accidents--California--Los Angeles
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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