AIR TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND
Bcceived Sundav, 7 p.rn. PR fSBAX L, July 21. Two people wero killed atid ti v 0 in juml whon 11 Oe lhivilland Orsigon Rapide tvvin-onginod airliner, crashod into a bloek of tbits al .Mackay, Xortli Quoonsland, yostorday. The pilot mfubtwo altempts to land the plarie which uas appaienl ly sirlfering from efigirnt rouble. lle tried for an einer'gency liinding ori the showground but turned away, still losing height, wheri he saw children playing football 011 the field. When he tried again in Peel Street, a bus drove into the path. As the pilot lifted the plane for the tliird attenipt, I the wing touched a light standard and jcrashiug across the roof of the Mayor's ! house, the nmchine drove into the tlats ■ at full throttle. The pilot and a girl | passenger wero killed and five othet i wonien pttssengers injured The pla*ie j was flying from Molle Island to Brm j liane.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19460722.2.24.2
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 22 July 1946, Page 5
Word Count
157AIR TRAGEDY IN QUEENSLAND Chronicle (Levin), 22 July 1946, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in