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Mar. 02, 1964 - 83 Die In Air Disaster In Austrian Alps: 75 passengers bound for a ski-ing holiday, and the crew of eight, all British, died when their Britannia aircraft of British Eagle International Airlines crashed on to the side of the Glungezer Mountain in the Austrian Alps, as it was approaching Innsbruck Airport. After the aircraft had disappeared, fog and snow held up the search and it was several hours before the wreck was found. Photo shows Captain Leopold Koehler, the officer in charge of the search sits in a car belonging to the Federal Ministry of Aviation, speaking by radio to aircraft taking part in the search for the wreck

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Airlines Approaching Belonging Crashed Disappeared Glungezer Innsbruck Koehler Ski-ing Wreck

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