Even after the passage of 44 years, the tiniest of details still remains fresh when I relive the hot awful Monday of September 25, 1978 in San Diego. At fifty seconds past 9 am, above …
September 21, 2022
The County’s official photographer Hans Wendt heard a pop skywards, looked up to see the 727 hurtling out-of-control to the ground, and instinctively reacted, snapping a color photo of the stricken jet with its right wing aflame. It became the iconic visual of the accident.
Posted September 21, 2022
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