Faro Airport DC10 plane crash

Title

Faro Airport DC10 plane crash

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

21 Dec 1992

Year of production

1992

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Duration

00:02:17

Description

A Dutch DC10 plane has crashed at Faro Airport in Portugal exploding in flames during appalling weather conditions, with the death toll currently at 54 and many others burned. The report includes eyewitness accounts from Portuguese reporters Carlos Marcos and Natividada Silves(?) who were on the scene and from British passenger Gerald Sutherland. Report by Peter Deeley. For Angela Rippon FM Drivetime programme on LBC Newstalk.

Contributors

Peter Deeley; LBC Newstalk; Carlos Marcos; Natividada Silves(?); Gerald Sutherland

Keywords

Air accidents; Deaths; Weather; Fires; Aeroplanes; Portugal; Civil aircraft; Drivetime (radio programme); Faro Airport

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