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Visit the newsroom. We use cookies to improve your browsing. The Belgian government stepped in to provide emergency finance for Sabena last month but aid was curtailed by European Commission rules on state aid. Sabena was already in distress before September 11, burdened by high labour costs, escalating debts and a chronic inability to make a profit. Sabena's collapse could have major political repercussions. Trade union leaders have demanded the resignation of the public enterprises minister, Rik Daems, who was in charge of the Sabena portfolio.
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Rescue operations to get to the site took even longer. The first to arrive at the crash site were two caribou hunters from Glenwood who tended to the survivors and help the best they could.
The following ay an advance rescue teamed arrived with a medical doctor. The rescue team stayed with and helped the people survive the cold and wet climate until they could be evacuated and brought back to Gander. The location of the crash was not near any ponds or lakes large enough to fly pontoon planes into and the bog that surrounds the region made hiking very difficult.
In order to reach the crash site helicopters were flown from Gander and landed on nearby lakes where rescue crews could access the site by hiking. The rescue becomes one of the first civilian aviation rescues to use helicopters. Several PBY flying boats were landed on Dead Wolf River and then crews trekked about a mile to the crash and carried the survivors out to safety.
Those who died in the crash were buried on site in a cemetery created next to the planes remains. The cemetery was named St.
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