Evening star., 1960-03-18
PLANE
AirIiner Wreck Widely Scattered,
Probers Find Little to Work On
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causes. eliminating one after
another "by proof"
The Army sent four hell
copters from Fort Knox to join
two Indiana National Guard
helicopters and one from the
Indiana State police for a low
level air search. CAB investi-
gators were to be taken along
10 search for wreckage over an
area Of 10 square miles.
Investigators and newsmen
thronged Theodore wilson's
hill farm while State police
end guardSuen kept the Curl
BUS 8 miles away.
Probers Sent From d. C.
State police sent in "a men.
They were joined by A National
Guardsmen from Tell City, 8
miles west of the crash scene.
Mr.. Slattery said CAB inves-
tigators would spend two or
three weeks in the Tell City
area, questioning witnesses and
inspecting wreckage fragments.
I'VE have found human It's
sues scattered around but that's
about ALL" said Russell Abbott,
chairman Of the human factors
group in the CAB team of IA.
The FBI dispatched its dis
aster investigating team from
Washington to see whether
Federal law had been violated
In the crash through sabotage
or otherwise. CAB investigators
also we're sent from Washington.
The four-engine plane, Flight
ITO, left Minneapolis yesterday
for Miami. A crew of six and
l8 passengers boarded at Min
neapolis. Thirty mine more pas
sengers got aboard at Chi
eago's Midway Airport.
The plane went down in a
half-acre farm field-one Of
the few level places in rugged
hills along the Ohio River.
which separates Indiana and
Kentucky.
Observers said the skies were
overcast with light clouds at
the time. One farmer said the
sound Of the first explosion
came from behind a big cloud.
State police said clouds splitting :
snow were moving over South
ern Indiana when the plane
fell. c
The witnesses all saw and r
heard a little differently.
Cyril Powers, farmer. said [
he was just inside my barn {
and l heard two explosions. o
They weren't loud. It was more a
like two shots"
Saw Wing Falling b
II went outside and looked
up" he said. 1T was cloudy
and the first thing could see \
was q wing come through the !
clouds. Then the rest of the 1
plane came through and it still
had the left wing on it. The Z
plane was falling at less than
a IS degree angle, almost t
straight down. I heard an ex-
plosion after it hit the ground :
and saw clothing and stun blow !
up in the air. The conclusion
nearly knocked me to the
ground. :"
Another farmer. Theodore I
Wilson, said "the explosion on
the ground shook my house.
Parts of the fuselage. mail. {
bodies and debris of all kinds
we're scattered over the area" {
Wing Found S Miles Away
Mr.. Wilson, on whose farm
the main wreckage fell, was
also a witness in the collision
Of two military planes near
Gardinsburg, KY. last October. I
Shreds of clothing and bag S
gage clung to bare tree limbs. /
The dead included:
The wife and three children
Of Morris Chalfen of Mime
apolis, promoter of the famous
Holiday on Ice show now play
ing in Paris.
Judge John A. Sbarbaro, 70, ;
Of Cook County (Chicago) Su- :
perior Court. y
r. L. Dare, Al, Of South :
Bend. Ind, board chairman of {;
Associates Investment Co., the :
parent firm of Associates Loan
Co., which has small loan Off =
ces all over the United States
and Canada. He was also board
chairman of Emmco Insurance
Corp. and vice chairman Of the
associate board of lay trustees
Of the University OF Notre
Dame.
Aviation Agency Silent
State police said the plane
was last heard from over Scot
land, Ind, about so air miles !.
from the crash scene. They J
said the pilot reported no trou- !.
BILE. The plane went down at
approximately 4::20 pm. (ESTJ )
The Federal Aviation Agency
refused to disclose anything {
about the last radio contacts
with the plane. C
Witnesses first heard aerial c
explosions-to one the sound c
was like 16-inch artillery \
shells, to another like the noise
Of a shotgun-and then saw /
a wing break through the r
clouds, followed by the main /
body of the plane.
In the early excitement and G
horror, observers thought the
wing was the body of a jet
plane and that there had been l
an aerial collision. r
Some residents snatched up g
pieces Of wreckage for souvenirs T
before police blocked of the
area.
Some bodies were believed
buried by the impact in the S
Snouyv muddy ground r