TRAVEL BY AIR
FEW FATALITIES IN DOMINION
Giving evidence at the Richmond plane crash inquiry in Wellington, the acting controller oi civil aviation, Flight-Lieutenant J* M. Buekeridge, said the total number or passengers carried since the inception of scheduled air services in New Zealand was 268,165; total passenger miles flown were 33,000,000; total casualties to passengers were three; passenger mileage per fatality was 11,000,000.
Passenger miles per fatality in other countries Avere: Great Britain, 19:56, 3,740,000; 1937, 9,873,000; 1938, 4,697*300. United States, 1930, 10,-
452,583; 1937, 10,48/, 1935, 19,'307,185. Canada. 1936, 1,916,377; 1937, 3,950,256; 1938, figures not available.
New Zealand had no fatalities from 1936 to 1941 inclusive.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 83, 27 July 1942, Page 6
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108TRAVEL BY AIR Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 05, Issue 83, 27 July 1942, Page 6
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