Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Belgian King and Queen visit crash site

February 15, 1961

King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola visited the crash site near Brussels Airport, where a Sabena Airlinea Boeing 707 crashed.  Seventy three people, including 18 members of the United States Figure Skating team, were killed.  There were no survivors.
The United States figure skating team were en route to the World Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

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