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The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
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A large air transport crashed into a house near Prestwick military air base in Scotland, killing 26 people: 7 crew, 14 passengers, and 5 house occupants. The house was demolished, nearby properties damaged, and rescue efforts ongoing.
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London, Aug. 28-AP- Twenty six persons were killed early today when a large air transport crashed into a house near the trans-Atlantic military air base at Prestwick, Scotland.
The dead included seven of the plane crew, 14 passengers and five occupants of the house, which was demolished.
American soldiers and civil defense workers labored through the darkness to recover bodies from the wreckage and still were searching this morning for any additional victims.
Two nearby houses were badly damaged and the roof of a fourth was torn off.
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Prestwick, Scotland
Event Date
Aug. 28
Outcome
twenty-six killed (seven crew, 14 passengers, five house occupants); house demolished; two nearby houses badly damaged; roof of a fourth house torn off; search for additional victims ongoing
Event Details
A large air transport crashed into a house near the trans-Atlantic military air base at Prestwick, Scotland, early on Aug. 28. American soldiers and civil defense workers recovered bodies from the wreckage in the darkness.