Orly plane crash 50th anniversary People living in the vicinity of Orly field, near Paris, look over fence at rescue workers probing through wreckage of Air France jetliner that crashed on takeoff from the field today. The plane was bound for New York and Atlanta and carried 133 persons, at least 130 of whom died in the disaster. (AP) 1962 (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 4, 1962 - Atlanta, Ga.: Newspaper vendor sells a Atlanta Journal Special Extra with the latest news of the crash of an Air France chartered jet which carried many members of the Atlanta arts community. No passengers survived the crash. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 4, 1962 - Eash news bulletin coming back to Atlanta's Air France office concerning the Orly crash got worse. Inside Atlanta's Air France office, the fatality list became longer Sunday afternoon. (Ken Patterson)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 8, 1962 - Firemen probe wreckage of jet airliner that crashed in French village of Villeneuve Le Roi last Sunday. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 3, 1962 - Firemen play hoses on smoking wreckage of chartered Boeing jetliner. Only 3 of 132 aboard ill-fated plane survived crash on takeoff from Orly Field. (AP) (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 4, 1962 - Atlanta Art Association workers prepare list of possible dead. Mr. and Mrs. N.A. O'Shea, left and Mrs. Ruth Carter at grim Sunday work. (Ken Patterson)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 4, 1962 - Eash news bulletin coming back to Atlanta's Air France office concerning the Orly crash got worse. Inside Atlanta's Air France office, the fatality list became longer Sunday afternoon. (Ken Patterson)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June, 1962 - Plane's wreckage almost at doorsteps. Charred remains of aircraft in Villeneuve Le Roi near Orly Air Field. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June, 1962 - Unidentified official counts covered bodies of Air France crash victims. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary Paris, France - Wrecked tail section of the Air France chartered Boeing jetliner point skyward after the plane crashed on takeoff from Orly Field, near Paris. In foreground are naviagtion lights marking the approach of the air field. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June, 1962 - After flames extinguished, two firemen climb over one of jet engines. Boeing 707 just missed house (extreme right) in Villeneuve Le Roi, near Orly Airfield. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June, 1962 - Paris, France - Salvage workers stand next to tail section of Air France, chartered jetliner, which plunged into a wood and burned on takeoff from Orly Field Saturday. It was the worst single disaster in the history of aviation. (AP) (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June, 1962 - Wreckage of one of the engines from demolished Boeing jetliner. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June, 1962 - Orly, France. - Twisted remains of 707 jet scattered over ground. Tail section is only recognizable part of plane after flaming crash. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary The Atlanta Constitution June 4, 1962 106 Atlantans, 24 others die as Jetline crashes in Paris
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary New York, June 4 - Mayor Ivan Allen, center, of Atlanta, Ga., boards a plane at New York's Idlewild Airport last night for flight to Paris and scene of Air France jetliner crash yesterday with killed 130, most of them Atlanta residents. With him are Edwin L. Sterne, left, assistant Atlanta city attorney, and Aubrey Morris, an Atlanta newscaster. 1962 (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 3, 1962 - Paris, France - Twisted remains of an Air France Boeing 707 jet are scattered over Orly Field near Paris. The tail section is the only recognizable part of the plane after it crashed on takeoff. (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 4, 1962 - Flag flies at half-staff in Atlanta, GA. in honor of the victims of a chartered Air France Boeing 707 which crashed on takeoff at Orly Air Field in France. Most of the passengers were from Atlanta. (Billy Downs)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 4, 1962 - Flag flies at half-staff in Atlanta, GA. in honor of the victims of a chartered Air France Boeing 707 which crashed on takeoff at Orly Air Field in France. Most of the passengers were from Atlanta. (Billy Downs)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary June 3, 1962 - Rescue worker holds charred movie camera of Orly crash victim. Paris fireman inspects item at crash site. (AP) (COPY)
Orly plane crash 50th anniversary Rodin sculpture, The Shade, donated to Atlanta by the French government
