SEVENTEEN KILLED WHEN PLANE CRASHES
NEW YOItK, Jan. 7. A ehartered twin-engined Douglas passenger phtne erashed in a Havannali Uiver swamp near Savanuah (Georgia todav, lcilling 17 and injuring 9. The pilot Avas among the dead, while the >-n pilot was iniured.~ Eifteen of tliose killed and nine of the injured weri t'uelo Rieans bound for their hoaieiaii'i r'rom Newark (New Jersey). Tlie ('o-pilot said the aireraft went .into a sideslip, spiralled and erashed on one wing. The wing was toru olV. an.t the tank« exploded, blowing the aireraft to pioees except for a 15-foot seetion oi the tail assemi.ly. Thrge passengers alleged that the airerhft, whieh was formerly an Army Itransport, had not been fnlly eonverteo for civilian use. They said that in the early hours of the morning precedimt the erash, the plane developed a list a.nd eruised for two hours at a sharp angle.
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Chronicle (Levin), 9 January 1948, Page 5
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