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Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)

Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)

Date12/7/1978
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  • Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane; carrying six employees of the Convey Construction Co. of Markham and bound for a northern work site; developed engine trouble shortly after takeoff. Pilot Keith Gilbert brought the craft down on Major Mackenzie Dr. just west of Leslie St. The plane was damaged when a wing clipped a hydro pole guy-wire.
  • Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane; carrying six employees of the Convey Construction Co. of Markham and bound for a northern work site; developed engine trouble shortly after takeoff. Pilot Keith Gilbert brought the craft down on Major Mackenzie Dr. just west of Leslie St. The plane was damaged when a wing clipped a hydro pole guy-wire.
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      Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
      Grounded. A Cessna 411 from which 7 walked away unhurt following an emergency landing early yesterday is towed back to Buttonville Airport. The plane,(...)
      Toronto Star (Firm)
      12/7/1978
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      Mahler, John
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      Path of destruction: A light plane (top) is bowled over at Jamaica's Kingston Airport, sailboats are swamped and grounded at Montego Bay, and vacation cabins at Runaway Bay are ripped apart
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      Toronto Star (Firm)
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