The forward section of SAS Flight 933 floats in dark, rainswept seas off the Southern California coast, a life raft tethered to the right wing. This image was The Times' Page One lead photo on Jan. 15, 1969.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: George Fry / Los Angeles Times
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Surviving passengers and crew members are helped by rescue workers to ambulances waiting at Marina del Rey. The Point Judith was one of five Coast Guard cutters, private boats and helicopters that rushed to the scene. L.A. Times photographer Joe Kennedy was able to get this image on deadline and rush the film back to the paper. It was on Page One the morning of Jan. 14.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Joe Kennedy / Los Angeles Times
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Crash survivor Azalee Supple,at Santa Monica Hospital after she and her husband, David Supple, were rescued. "My wife was a real heroine," David Supple said. "She helped get children and other passengers out on the wing." This photo appeared on Page Three of the Jan. 15, 1969, Times.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Steve Fontanini / Los Angeles Times
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Survivor Johan Almkvist of Stockholm at Santa Monica Hospital. This photo appeared in the Times on Jan. 15, 1969.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Steve Fontanini / Los Angeles Times
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A tugboat tows the forward section of the SAS DC-8 toward the beach at Malibu. At bottom, a Coast Guard cutter monitors the operation from a distance.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times
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The day after the crash, the SAS airliner was still afloat. This image by Times photographer Art Rogers was published on Jan. 15, 1969.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Art Rogers / Los Angeles Times
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The recovered section of the SAS DC-3 sits upside down on a barge at Long Beach Naval Ship Yard.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: R.L. Oliver / Los Angeles Times
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