28 Dead In Air Liner Crash: Experts Visit London Airport -- Minister of Civil Aviation Lord Pakenham (right) discusses the accident with Sir John D'Albiac, Commandent of London Airport and Capt. J.G. James, Chief Pilot of B.E.A. (in blue mac) this morning at London Airport. Only two out of the 30 people on board survived when a British European Airways "Viking" aircraft crashed while attempting to land at London Air Port in dense fog last night (Tuesday). The plane overshot the runway and hit a stack of drainage pipes. This morning Ministry of Civil Aviation experts visited the scene of the

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