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| 1. At 7:30 p.m. on February 14, 1961, the Sabena Flight
548 bound for Brussels took off from New York City. The plane
flew across the Atlantic smoothly. But towards the end
of the trip, something went wrong with the plane. During the
last few minutes before the scheduled landing, the pilot lost
contact with the Brussels airport. He began his approach to
land, but at the last moment, he pulled the plane up. He circled
the airport and prepared to try again. But, in the second
try, he suddenly increased the speed and pulled the plane
into a steep climb. In an instant, the plane hit the ground
and exploded in a ball of flames. All the people on board
were killed, including the 18 members of the United States
figure skating team. |
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