AN UNLUCKY MECHANIC
PARACHUTE OPENS OUT
DASHES HIM TO DEATH
United Press Association—-By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received 30th April, 11 a.m.) LONDON, 29th April. An Air Force aeroplane crashed at Hornchurch. The pilot, landing by parachute, was unharmed. I A mechanic, flying at Viborg, Finland, was not so lucky. A parachute affixed to his back suddenly opened when his machine was at a high altitude, plucking. him from tho machine and dashing him to death against the | tail. The corpse sank slowly to the ground attached to the parachute. The aeroplane lost balance and crashed into the sea, killing the pilot.
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1930, Page 11
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100AN UNLUCKY MECHANIC Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 100, 30 April 1930, Page 11
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