THE PLANE CRASH OF OLGIATE OLONA (ITALY) OF JUNE 26, 1959

 

 

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Jun 27, 2024 page Commemorations year 2024: contents have been updated
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Jun 13, 2024 page Commemorations year 2024: contents have been updated
May 20, 2024 page Educational project school year 2023-2024: contents have been updated
Nov 8, 2023 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of Giuseppe Pinuccio Gianduia and Annamaria Guidi have been included
Aug 2, 2023 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of Marco Pisani has been included
Jul 3, 2023 page Commemorations year 2023: selection of articles has been updated
Jun 28, 2023 page Commemorations year 2023: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2022-2023: contents have been updated
Mar 31, 2023 page Educational project school year 2022-2023: contents have been updated
Jun 29, 2022 page Commemorations year 2022: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2021-2022: contents have been updated
page The memorial: contents have been updated
Jun 16, 2022 page Commemorations year 2022: contents have been updated
Mar 3, 2022 page Educational project school year 2021-2022: contents have been updated
Nov 30, 2021 page Educational project school year 2019-2020: contents have been updated
page Commemorations year 2021: contents have been updated
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Jun 28, 2021 page Commemorations year 2021: contents have been updated
Jun 25, 2021 page Commemorations year 2021: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2020-2021: contents have been updated
Jun 21, 2021 page Commemorations year 2021: contents have been updated
Mar 25, 2021 8th anniversary of publication of this site: 32.668 visits received, thank you!
Dec 22, 2020 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of Walter Fontana has been included
Aug 16, 2020 30.000 visits counted. Thank you!
Jul 29, 2020 page 70 immortal lives / Maria Fermi Sacchetti: pictures has been added
Jul 22, 2020 page The memorial: contents have been updated
Jul 17, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: contents have been updated
Jul 9, 2020 page The plane crash / Chronicle: footage shot on June 27, 1959, on the crash site in Olgiate Olona has been included
Jul 7, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: contents have been updated
Jun 29, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: witness of Leonardo Armanetti’s grandson Angelo Capozzi has been included
Jun 26, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2019-2020: contents have been updated
Jun 15, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2019-2020: contents have been updated
Jun 10, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: contents have been updated
Mar 25, 2020 7th anniversary of publication of this site: 26.847 visits received, thank you!
Mar 24, 2020 page Commemorations year 2020: contents have been updated
Jan 29, 2020 page Educational project school year 2019-2020: contents have been updated
Oct 15, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
Oct 9, 2019 25.000 visits counted. Thank you!
Oct 8, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
Jul 3, 2019 page Home / The Quirinale and the memory of June 26, 1959: contents have been updated
Jul 2, 2019 page 70 immortal lives / Hermann Zwi Carmely: picture has been added
Jul 1, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2018-2019: contents have been updated
Jun 25, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
Jun 21, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2018-2019: contents have been updated
Jun 17, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Jun 5, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
Apr 30, 2019 page The memorial: the section of press news has been updated
Apr 16, 2019 page The plane crash / Documents: report of the Senate of the Italian Republic of July 3, 1959, has been included
Mar 25, 2019 6th anniversary of publication of this site: 21.730 visits received in the first six years, thank you!
Mar 18, 2019 page The memorial: contents have been updated
Feb 4, 2019 page Commemorations year 2019: contents have been updated
page Educational project school year 2018-2019: contents have been updated
Oct 11, 2018 20.000 visits counted. Thank you!
Oct 9, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: contents have been updated
Jul 2, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: photo gallery of the commemoration of June 26, 2018, has been included
Jun 26, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Jun 28, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: all the sections have been updated
page Educational project school year 2017-2018: all the sections have been updated
Jun 26, 2018 page Educational project school year 2017-2018: article of La prealpina has been included
Jun 22, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: the section of documents and press news has been updated
page Educational project school year 2017-2018: article of La settimana has been included
Jun 13, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: the section of documents and press news has been updated
page Educational project school year 2017-2018: article of Malpensa24.it has been included
Jun 7, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: contents have been updated
May 8, 2018 page Commemorations year 2018: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Apr 6, 2018 page The plane crash / Documents: section dedicated to the publications mentioning the plane crash has been updated
Apr 4, 2018 page The plane crash / Chronicle: pictures of the TWA aircraft N7313C crashed in Olgiate Olona in 1959 have been included
Mar 25, 2018 5th anniversary of publication of this site: 17.577 visits received in the first five years, thank you!
Jan 31, 2018 page Educational project school year 2017-2018: article of VareseNews.it has been included
page Commemorations year 2018: sections have been updated
Nov 30, 2017 page The plane crash / Chronicle: the page of the four victims of the plane crash buried in the cemetery of Busto Arsizio has been updated
Oct 13, 2017 page 70 immortal lives / Georgia Chioles has been updated
Oct 9, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: contents have been updated
Jul 6, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: witnesses of the commemoration of June 26, 2017, have been included
Jun 30, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: the section of documents and press news has been updated
page Educational project school year 2016-2017: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Jun 29, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: photo gallery of the commemoration of June 26, 2017, has been included
Jun 27, 2017 page Educational project school year 2016-2017: all contents have been updated
page Commemorations year 2017: all contents have been updated
Jun 25, 2017 15.000 visits counted. Thank you!
Jun 21, 2017 page Educational project school year 2016-2017: the section of documents and press news has been updated
page Commemorations year 2017: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Jun 16, 2017 page Educational project school year 2016-2017: article of La settimana has been included
Jun 13, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Jun 12, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: contents have been updated
Apr 19, 2017 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of Olga Adobati has been included
Apr 14, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: article of La prealpina has been included
Mar 25, 2017 4th anniversary of publication of this site: 14.145 visits received in the first four years, thank you!
Feb 13, 2017 page Educational project school year 2016-2017: article of La settimana has been included
Feb 2, 2017 page Educational project school year 2016-2017: article of L’inform@zione online has been included
Jan 31, 2017 page Educational project school year 2016-2017: article of VareseNews.it has been included
Jan 20, 2017 page Commemorations year 2017: sections have been updated
Nov 17, 2016 page Commemorations year 2010: all the sections have been updated and a photo gallery has been included
Nov 7, 2016 page Commemorations year 2010: previously unpublished photographs of the ceremony of June 26 have been added
Oct 10, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: contents have been updated
Oct 7, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: the section of documents and press news has been updated
Sep 7, 2016 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of some of those present in the building of Opai on the day of the plane crash has been updated
Jul 20, 2016 page 70 immortal lives / Rizieri Celli, Marfisa Bertolucci and their unborn child has been updated
Jul 5, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: the section of documents and press news has been updated, testimony of Kathy Ellis has been included
Jul 1, 2016 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of Gualtiero Conti and Silvana Scanagatta has been included
Jun 29, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: all the sections have been updated
page Educational project school year 2015-2016: all the sections have been updated
Jun 24, 2016 page The memorial: story of the monument has been updated and a photo gallery has been added
Jun 17, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: the section of documents and press news has been updated
page Educational project school year 2015-2016: article of La settimana has been included
Jun 10, 2016 page Educational project school year 2015-2016: article of Il ficcanaso has been included
May 31, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: contents have been updated
May 1, 2016 10.000 visits counted. Thank you!
Apr 15, 2016 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of Andrea Vaccaro has been included
Apr 14, 2016 page The plane crash / Photo galleries: the gallery of the plane crash has been updated
Mar 30, 2016 page Educational project school year 2015-2016: article of La Prealpina has been included
Mar 25, 2016 3rd anniversary of publication of this site: 9589 visits received in the first three years, thank you!
Mar 3, 2016 page The memorial: the photo gallery has been updated
Feb 5, 2016 page Educational project school year 2015-2016: article of La Settimana has been included
Jan 29, 2016 page Educational project school year 2015-2016: article of La Settimana has been included
Jan 28, 2016 page Commemorations year 2016: contents have been updated
Jan 25, 2016 page Educational project school year 2015-2016: articles of VareseNews.it and Varese7Press.it have been included
Jan 15, 2016 page The plane crash / Press news: has been updated
Oct 27, 2015 page 70 immortal lives / Michael A. Martino and Corinne Martino has been updated
Oct 19, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: documents and press news section have been updated
Oct 12, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: events and documents and press news sections have been updated
Sep 30, 2015 page The plane crash / Chronicle has been updated
page The plane crash / Documents: report No. 36 of ICAO Accident Digest Circular 62-AN/57 has been included
Jul 3, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: documents and press news section have been updated
Jul 2, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: page has been updated and photo gallery has been included
page Educational project school year 2014-2015: all the sections have been updated
Jun 26, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: all the sections have been updated
page Educational project school year 2014-2015: all the sections have been updated
Jun 24, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: the section of documents and press news has been updated
page Educational project school year 2014-2015: article of La prealpina has been included
Jun 9, 2015 page Works / Painting has been updated
page Works / Poetry has been updated
Jun 5, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: contents and documents and press news section have been updated
May 29, 2015 page 70 immortal lives / Mary Belknap has been updated
Apr 29, 2015 page The plane crash / Chronicle: photos of the time taken on the scene of the crash have been included
Mar 30, 2015 page The memorial: story of the monument and photo galleries have been updated
Mar 26, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: contents have been updated
Mar 25, 2015 2nd anniversary of publication of this site: 6689 visits received in the first two years, thank you!
Mar 23, 2015 page 70 immortal lives / Hermann Zwi Carmely has been updated
page The plane crash / Documents: section dedicated to the publications mentioning the plane crash has been updated
Mar 6, 2015 page Educational project school year 2014-2015: article of VareseNews.it has been included
Feb 24, 2015 page Works / Books: TV service by Rete55 of 2008 dedicated to the presentation of Alberto Colombo’s book Il disastro aereo del 26 giugno 1959 a Olgiate Olona has been included
Feb 16, 2015 page Commemorations year 2015: contents have been updated
Feb 13, 2015 page The plane crash / Documents: the report of the plane crash issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) on November 15, 1960 has been included
page The plane crash / Documents: section dedicated to the publications mentioning the plane crash has been included
Feb 6, 2015 page Educational project school year 2014-2015: article of NonSoloVarese.info has been included
Jan 15, 2015 page The plane crash / Chronicle: an aerial photo of the scene of the plane crash has been included
Jan 9, 2015 page The plane crash / Photo galleries: a videoclip of a TV news of the time dedicated to the plane crash has been included
Oct 31, 2014 page The plane crash / Witnesses: the testimony of some of those present in the building of Opai on the day of the plane crash has been included
Oct 24, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: link to the speech of Paolo Pettinaroli President of Comitato 8 ottobre per non dimenticare committee has been included
Oct 8, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: contents have been updated
Sep 11, 2014 the structure and the graphics of the website have been updated
page The plane crash / Press news: page has been updated, 110 files now available
page Sitemap: page has been created
Jul 30, 2014 page 70 immortal lives / Anna Maga has been updated
page 70 immortal lives / Valerio Reggiani has been updated
Jul 28, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: photo gallery of June 27 has been included
Jul 25, 2014 page / Gian Pietro Giordana has been updated
Jul 24, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: photo gallery of June 26 has been included
Jul 23, 2014 page 70 immortal lives / Georgia Chioles has been updated
Jul 17, 2014 page Witnesses: Enrico Biganzoli’s testimony has been included
page The plane crash: the document The destiny of the personal belongings of the seventy immortal lives has been included
Jul 15, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: selection of newspapers articles related to the commemorative events has been updated
Jul 4, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: TV report of ArteVarese.com has been included and selection of newspapers articles related to the commemorative events has been updated
Jul 2, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: selection of articles related to the commemorative events has been updated
Jun 27, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: contents have been updated and new documents and newspapers articles have been included
page Educational project school year 2013-2014: contents have been updated
Jun 20, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: press releases of Municipality of Olgiate Olona and newspapers articles have been included
page Educational project school year 2013-2014: newspapers articles have been included
page 70 immortal lives / Chester Linsky has been updated
Jun 9, 2014 page Educational project school year 2013-2014: articles of La settimana and Il ficcanaso have been included
Jun 6, 2014 page Homepage: contents have been updated
Jun 5, 2014 page Educational project school year 2013-2014: press release of Municipality of Olgiate Olona has been included
May 28, 2014 page Homepage: greeting of the new mayor of Olgiate Olona Dr. Giovanni Montano has been included
page Commemorations year 2014: contents have been updated
Apr 18, 2014 page Educational project school year 2013-2014: page has been updated
Mar 26, 2014 page Commemorations year 2014: contents have been updated
page Commemorations year 2009: photo galleries of Commemoration of June 26 and Evening of memory have been updated
page Commemorations year 1993: a document by TWA has been included
Mar 25, 2014 1st anniversary of publication of this site: 4065 visits received in the first twelve months, thank you!
Mar 12, 2014 the graphics of the website have been updated
page Rewards has been created
page Witnesses has been updated
Feb 5, 2014 page Educational project school year 2013-2014: page has been published
Jan 13, 2014 page Homepage: contents have been updated
Jan 8, 2014 page The plane crash has been updated
page 70 immortal lives / Albert John Palmer has been updated
page 70 immortal lives / Percy Charles Nicholls has been updated
Oct 30, 2013 page Commemorations year 2011: document Open letter of Alberto Colombo has been included
Oct 28, 2013 page Commemorations year 2008: Rai TV report Il cielo in fiamme has been included
page The plane crash: page linked to “L-1649A Starliner” has been updated
Oct 22, 2013 page The plane crash: translation of La fatalità (the fate) article of Dino Buzzati published in Corriere della sera newspaper of June 27, 1959 has been included
Oct 21, 2013 page Witnesses: Davide Barbieri’s testimony has been included
Oct 18, 2013 page 70 immortal lives / Chester Linsky has been updated
Oct 10, 2013 page 70 immortal lives / Mary Belknap has been updated
page 70 immortal lives / Syd Kaye has been updated
Oct 9, 2013 page The plane crash: historical documents and two links in the section “June 27, 1959: recovery of 70 victims” have been included
Oct 8, 2013 page Commemorations year 2013: contents have been updated
page Updates: contents have been updated
Sep 26, 2013 page 70 immortal lives / Leonardo Armanetti: biography and contributions of the relatives have been revised
Aug 1, 2013 page Commemorations years 2008 to 2013: all photo galleries have been updated and supplemented by unpublished photographs
Jul 24, 2013 page Commemorations years 2008 to 2013: a selection of Italian newspapers articles related to commemorative events of the plane crash has been included
Jul 23, 2013 page The plane crash: historical documents have been included
page Works: Alberto Colombo’s bio has been included
Jul 22, 2013 page Commemorations years 2009, 2011, 2013: photo galleries’s captions have been updated
page The memorial: photo gallery’s captions have been updated
Jul 17, 2013 page Works: Ernando De Dionigi’s and Cristiano Comelli’s bios have been included
Jul 15, 2013 website banner has been updated
page Homepage: texts have been updated and search function has been added
Jul 10, 2013 page Commemorations year 2013: photo galleries have been included
Jul 3, 2013 page The memorial: page has been updated and historical documents have been included
page Commemorations years 1959-64: page has been updated and historical documents have been included
page Commemorations year 1993: page has been updated and historical documents have been included
page Commemorations year 2009: article of The Kansas City Star of June 26, 2009 has been included
Jun 28, 2013 page Commemorations year 2013: report and photographs of the commemoration of June 26, 2013 have been published
Jun 27, 2013 page Educational project school year 2012-2013: works rewarded and photographs of the commemoration of June 26, 2013 have been published
Jun 25, 2013 page Updates: news about the restoration work carried out to the memorial has been published
May 6, 2013 page The memorial: two vintage photographs have been included
Apr 17, 2013 page Updates: news about the appreciation of President of the Italian Republic has been published
Mar 25, 2013 online publication of this site