This gallery contains images that just didn’t fit the other galleries. It also contains some recent images.
Dick Baker was the Investigator in Charge of ALM 980.
Author Emilio Corsetti, Tito Cordeiro, and Balse DeWitt. This picture was taken at a slideshow presentation in Curacao.
The rescue sling was one of three methods used in rescuing passengers. This picture shows the correct way to use the sling.
Author Emilio Corsetti, Balsey, and Tito during a radio show on the island of Curacao.
This picture was taken at the press conference that was given the day the two ALM stewards returned to Curaçao. (Photo courtesy Alex Alberto.)
Tawa Irasquin
The first class of ONA stewardesses. Steedman’s future wife, Ingrid, is second from the left.
Margareth Abraham & Robby Schouten. (Photo courtesy Robert Abraham.)
Ingrid in an ONA print advertisement.
Chris Starkloff (center/formerly Chris Linder) oversees flight attendant emergency evacuation training at the ONA training center.
This is the type of life vest used by survivors.
This picture gives you some idea of just how small the aircraft was.
A cockpit similar to the plane that ditched.
Edith and Balsey.
Tito Cordeiro and Balsey DeWitt. This picture was taken at the ALM exhibition in Curacao. It was the first time the two men had met since the accident. (Photo Michel Drenthe)
St. Maarten airport. This is the same view the crew would have had in better weather. The runway in this picture is several thousand feet longer than it was in 1970.
Another shot of the SH-3A.
Rescue basket.
This is a picture of a rescue seat.