’Plane Crash Due To Loose Door
(New Zealand Press Association) APIA, June 9. A specially-fitted door which fell off and hit the tail structure probably caused the crash of the Polynesian Airline’s DC3 off Western Samoa on May 11, Civil Aviation investigators said in a report released in Apia today.
Attempts by New Zealand Navy divers to recover the plane’s wreckage have been abandoned.
Messrs O. J. O’Brien and E. F. Harvie said they found no trace of explosion or fire in their investigations. Witnesses said that after a marked increase in engine noise, the plane—which was on a training flight—made a sudden turn to port. A loud bang was heard at the same
time and a panel was seen to separate from the plane and fly to the rear. The plane then dived into the sea with its engines off.
No trace has been found of the three-man crew, one of whom was a New Zealander.
The report said that no responsibility for the accident could be attributed to any one person.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31082, 10 June 1966, Page 3
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