Evening star., 1960-01-20

(AP). - Fifty eight persons
were dead or missing today
after the crash of a Scandi-
navian jetliner on hill near
Ankara and the wreck of a
United States Navy plane on
a mountain near Adana.
The Ankara disaster, in
which all AZ persons died, was
the third crash of a CONNER
cial airliner since 1860 began
less than three weeks ago. l:
brought the death toll tol conf
mercial aviation this veal to
126.
Sixteen persons were aboard
the Navy plane. a two-engine
PAM reconnaissance amphibian
on a flight from Rota. Spain.
to Adane, Turkey.
Searchers today reported
sighting its wreckage on a
mountain near Adana. Turkish
sources said there was no
sign of life.
Medical Team Sets Out
At the Adana United States
alrbase, a spokesman said the
crash site was Karanf1l Pink
mountain, IS miles northwest
OF Adana. An American medic
rescue team of 40 men i'm
mediately set out for the area.
Names Of those aboard the
plane were withheld.
The Navy plane left Naples
yesterday after routine refuel-
Ing stop and was due in Adana.
southeast of Ankara. at 3:45
pm. (8:45 am. EST Tuesday,
The plane was last reported
about so miles from Adana
over the Taurus mountains.
whose peaks reach up nearly
4G.UUU lCCI.
=, The dead in the Ankara crash
70 included two Aemricans. One
was James Hopkins, "a. of Bir-
mingham, Mich, a chemical
engineer for the Pfizer Corp.
stationed in 1stanbul. He was
going to Cairo on business. /
He leaves a sister, Mrs. Mary
Gibbs of Chevy Chase. Md. The
other American killed was AL /
fred M, Lublin, SO, of Norfolk, /
Va, senior partner in the archi- .
tectural and engineering arm
Of Lublin, McGaughy g. Asso-
ciates.
Also aboard was a Canadian
woman identified as Mariella
Laurrenden. and two Britons.
One victim, 37-year-old Per
Ekberg Of Halsingborb, Sweden.
was on his way to Cairo to
bring home the ashes of his
father, the Swedish consul gen.
eral there, Iwho died January
IL.
The plane was a French
built twin-jet Caravelle oper-
ated by Scandinavian Airlines.
1t was the first commercial
crash for the Caravelle since
Air France and the Scandina-
Wan line began using it a year
ago.
Jet Pods Are Feature
Designed for middle distance
flights at speeds up to $40
m.p.h., the Caravellen has nor
nal accommodations for 80
passengers.
It's distinctive feature is the
jet pods on each side of the
fuselage near the tail. The
planes designers said this made
for quieter flights at high speed.
The Caravelle is being used
by Air France and Scandina-
Wan Airlines. None is in Serv-
ice in the United States.
The plane encountered heavy
rain and wind as it approached
Ankara, but airport experts
said the crash was caused by
technical reasons - not the
weather." They gave no further
explanation, and a slX-man
team from the Turkish AR
Force began an investigation
today
In Stockholm President AXE
Rusck of the Scandinavian
Airlines said today it seems
likely the plane "for some rea-
son came in too low and so hit
a hill" o."
Denies Explosion
Mr.. Rusck denied in a radio
interview that the plane had
exploded in the air.
Our staff in Ankara reported
yesterday that there was no
explosion in the air." he SAID
The fact that two passengers
were still alive after the crash