Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from PBS Evening News for Monday, May 02, 1983


Title: Frontline: Air Crash

Abstract:Special program that takes a look at what happens after the air crash- wreckage, billions of dollars in lawsuits, families of the victims and lastly the survivors. A Boeing 727 crashed in New Orleans and it became a nation-wide headline story. 153 people died in this 2nd worst aircrash in the nation's history. But, what happened after this horrible disaster?
  • Jessica Savitch interviews two attorneys with differing opinions at the end of the program on how they could solve this conflict.

  • Begin Time:08:00:00 pm
    End Time:09:00:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:912811
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1983-2009 Vanderbilt University
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