PROBABLE CAUSE
AVQIDING SMALL BOAT [VICTIMS TRAPPED IN CABIN
(British Official Wireless.) (Received sth February, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, 4th February. Thousands of peoplo' on Plymouth Hoe and along tlic waterfront .witnessed the accident which, occurred when the machine was about to alight. Reports state that tho course was altered to avoid a small boat, and the machine, tilting a wing, touched water. A 'motor'boat rushed.to the scene and > rescued the survivors before the machine sank with the other occupants trapped in the fuselage. - , The flying boat, which was of allmetal construction, was one of the largest and fastest of.rts type, and was equipped with three engines. It had a. spued at sea level of 121 miles an hour, a cruising speed of 100 miles, and landing speed of 59 miles.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 13
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130PROBABLE CAUSE Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 30, 5 February 1931, Page 13
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