DUTCH AMABASSADOR PAYS TRIBUTE AT KLM COMMEMORATION CEREMONY

Date Published: 12-Aug-2008

Mayor of Galway Padraig Conneely, the Dutch Ambassador to Ireland and a representative for KLM airlines have paid tribute to the those who lost their lives in a plane crash 50 years ago.A large crowd gathered at the new cemetery in Bohermore for the 50th anniversary of the KLM Air crash commemoration.99 passengers and crew lost their lives in the crash 100 miles off the Connemara coast on August 14th 1958.The City Council is hosting a ceremony at the cemetery to honour those who died and those who helped recover the bodies.