Plane crash in Detroit

Title

Plane crash in Detroit

Genre

News report; Interview; Vox pop; Technical

TX Date

4 Dec 1990

Year of production

1990

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Duration

00:02:57

Description

Washington correspondent Nick Peters reports on the crash in Detroit of 2 planes on the runway in thick fog that killed 8 as a fire broke out. Includes interviews with 2 airport workers; Ed McNamara, local authority spokesperson; vox pop with survivors about their experiences. After break in recording gives alternative sign offs to the report for different radio shows.

Contributors

Nick Peters; Ed McNamara

Keywords

Accidents; USA; Air accidents; Deaths; Fires; Fog; Detroit

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