Iioccived Tuesduy, S.O p.m. HYDXUY, June 17. A pilot nnd pussen^er wero cn'tically injured wlien un Aero Club Tiger Motii crashed into the Imek garden 1 of a house in the suhurb of Kosehery today The nuudiine skiinnied rooftops and canie down between two without touehing them and erashed at the end of the driveway. The pilot sui'fered muJtiple i'ractures, abrasion.s and shoek and the passenger extensive head injuries, internal injuries and shoek. They vvere rushed to hospital but the passenger died in the afternoon. Ile was seated in front and reeeived the full force of the crasli. The nuudiine was turning over Rosebery preparatory to landing at Maseot after a routine ilight, whau it went into a spin l'roiu whieh it did not reeover. The plane was totallv wreckod, the engine pinning the passenger in the remain.s of the fuselage. Two gas company men [lassing in their truek used the vehiele's wineh to remove tlie engine and free the men.
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Chronicle (Levin), 18 June 1947, Page 5
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