QUICK DEMOBILISATION CAN ENDANGER LIVES
^tv i .«/ -t.iinn. 1 . = ■ '?•*» 1 Reeeived Friday, 8 p.m. DARWIN, June 7. j Tlie Air Board poliey of rapid de- j rnobi lisat ion is blamed for breaudowns i to R.A.A.L. transport aireraft whieh! | is euJa;i„erliig ihe lives of passengers j i and - r'".vs. 1 n the Danvin nren a'oue 1 riine b'.A.V P jdane.,, ineluding seven I/.. i.'oi a,,. a 1 e nnserv ieeable. Three i lA.h-iia,- ,ire grounded al Aliee Sjirings ! three at Darwm and one at .Aiubon. | Tio "o iiave been sonie luek.y eseapes. I Voirnliu a ("atalina was lost noa; j l 'hanipagiie Islands but the crew is saie. i .A Dakoia ui;;rooii>'d on Aniboin.t air I stn]> has 15 iiasseugers aboanl inelud mg seven women. Another Dahola de vei-'jied ( i.gine trouble on the wuy froin I'tpan and flew tho lasl KI1.1 miles to tio' 1 'inhiipiues on one motor. Gen ernl II. C. 11. Robertsou 's Lilieratoi is griiiiinled at Danvin due to a breakagc of ;,n engine part. L.xjierts elaim that rapid deniobilisn tion iias left engine maintenanee stalTs short of nio'x who understand the i Ameriean radial e.ngines of the typo | used in transport piaties.
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Chronicle (Levin), 8 June 1946, Page 5
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