Small Armada Performs Recovery

Rescue aircraft and boats responded immediately because they happened to be in the area, and their crews watched the TWA Boeing 747 plunge into the ocean 10 mi. east of here. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Adak was on the scene 15 min. after the crash and had recovered the first body within 12 min. of...

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