AMERICAN AIR SMASH
CAUSE) OF DISASTER
Press Association.—By Electric ' ■ Telegraph.—Copyright.]
(Received this dfiy nt 10 a.m.)
NEW YORK, Jan. 20
• '■■} 'A report from, San Clement, California, states a furious squall from • n the Pacific,, which arose so suddenly that pilots had no chance to escape danger, was blamed to-day Tiy the’ Air . Board for., the crash of the commercial aeroplanes, causing the death of fourteen passengers and two pilots, cabled yesterday! It is the greatest tragedy ; ' irt the history of American Commercial Aviation. . \";The aeroplane was returning from Aguas Calients, a Mexican watering place, and was proceeding, along -the ’ edast when a high wind pressed the machine to a low altitude, finally tipping the machine and as it dragged on the ground the petrol tanks were displaced, spraying volatile liquid over L ’ the hot motors, causing on immediate " <i explosion and fire. ' , .. .
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Hokitika Guardian, 21 January 1930, Page 5
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