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1984 newspaper clipping from The Star Sheffield about Budget Holiday Group crash rescue airlift operation

Press clipping from The Star Sheffield dated October 26, 1984, reporting on a holiday rescue airlift operation following the Budget Holiday Group collapse. The article references this as the biggest holiday company failure since Sir Freddie Laker's collapse in 1982, highlighting the Civil Aviation Authority's role in repatriating stranded holidaymakers.

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