If the modern world's pride is fast, close connection by commercial airlines, the modern world's shame last week was a plague of air crashes that killed 92 people, brought the U.S.'s own commercial airlines' death toll to 84 in first three weeks, the world airlines' total to 163. The week's worst:
¶ Approaching Norfolk, a Capital Airlines Viscount crashed almost vertically into a stream near Williamsburg, Va. Dead on impact: 50.
¶ Making a routine night approach to Esenboga International Airport at Ankara, Turkey, a French-built Scandinavian Airlines System Caravelle jet crashed into a hillside within sight of the airport....
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