EXPLOSION IN PLANE AT 19,000 FEET
PILOT'S PROMPT ACTION SAVES PASSENGERS / Received Tuesday, 10.15 a.m. LONDON, Oct. 28. An explosion occurred in the B.O.A.C. Constellation at 19,000 feet over the mid-Atlantic, en route from New York to London when the astradome plastic glass window on top of the plane blew off, causing an inrush of rarefied air. The cabin filled with smoke, but of the twenty-six passengers were injured. The oilot's prompt reduction of height saved the passengers from serious effeets. The nilot managed to bring the machine down to 7000 feet. The plane landed safely.
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Chronicle (Levin), 29 October 1946, Page 4
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