U.S. Airliner Crash in Eire
LONDON, April 15 A Lockheed Aircraft Corporation official said the Consteil jtion which crashed at Shannon airport early today had the undercarriage torn away when the plane hit a three-foot wall near the airport. The plane carried straight on for 100 yards and touched the ground with its belly. Then the outside port motor dropped out, the petrol tanks opened up and caught fire.
The aircraft, he said, skidded a further 250 yards, the petrol tanks exploded and the aircraft became enveloped in flames. Among the passengers was Sir Homi Mahta, aged 77, a millionaire Bombay banker and mill-owner.
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Grey River Argus, 17 April 1948, Page 8
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