23 DEAD IN AIRLINER CRASH Twenty three of the thirty two occupants lost their lives today when a British European air ways Dakota flying from Belfast to Ringway, Manchester, crashed on a lonely hillside at Kindersintake, Greenfield, near Oldham, Lancashire. Twenty two were killed outright and one died in hospital. The plane carried 16 women, 7 men, 3 children over 2 years, 3 babies and the crew of three . The Dakota, which had passed over Ringway Airport, Manchester, hit 1200 ft . Kindersintake, known locally as Wimberryhill. R.A.F. mountain rescue men from Harpur Hill, near Buxton, rac
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23 DEAD IN AIRLINER CRASH Twenty three of the thirty two occupants lost their lives today when a British European air ways Dakota flying from Belfast to Ringway, Manchester, crashed on a lonely hillside at Kindersintake, Greenfield, near Oldham, Lancashire. Twenty two were killed outright and one died in hospital. The plane carried 16 women, 7 men, 3 children over 2 years, 3 babies and the crew of three . The Dakota, which had passed over Ringway Airport, Manchester, hit 1200 ft . Kindersintake, known locally as Wimberryhill. R.A.F. mountain rescue men from Harpur Hill, near Buxton, raced 45 miles by road with ambulances and walkie-talkie equipment to the scene of the crash. PICTURE SHOWS-Rescue workers moving a stretcher down the hillside after the crash . 19 August 1949