A New York-bound <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alitalia" id="mwvw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alitalia">Alitalia</a> airliner <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alitalia_Flight_618" id="mwwA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Alitalia Flight 618">crashes</a> into a cemetery in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon,_County_Clare" id="mwwQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Shannon, County Clare">Shannon</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ireland" id="mwwg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, shortly after takeoff, killing 34 of the 52 persons on board.