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XMAS MAIL PLANE. i United Press Association. —By Electrlo leiegrapn.—(Jopynght.J SINGAPORE, November 26. The Xmas mail plane “Southern Sun” has crashed. She did so when leaving Alorstar tiiis morning. There were no casualties. Details are not available. A COMPLETE WRECK. SINGAPORE, November 26. The Xmas mail piane “Southern Sun” luis been completely wrecked Colonel Brnismead, Controller of Civil Aviation in Australia, who was a pasenger by the “Southern Sun,” was siigm,ly injured. The mails were saved. The machine crashed through being overloaded.
PLANE FAILS TO RISE.
.MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF OCCUPANTS.
SINGAPORE, November 26
After taking on petrol and bags of mail this morning at Alorstar, the Southern Sun was apparently too heavy. After safely ' negotiating a ditch, the machine crashed in a paddyfield, only 400‘ yards from the aerodfomo, The passengers and crew had a miraculous escape. Colonel Brinsmcud was slightly injured, The mails are intact, and they are being despatched to England by the Pando steamer “Kaeligar.” The Southern Sun is a total wreck. A FAST PLANE. RUGBY, November .25. The Royal Air Force Grant Faire.v Napier monoplane, which is to attempt a long distance record flight- to the Cape about Christmas, left Malta this morning in continuation of its journey from Egypt, and reached Marseilles early this afternoon, after a flight of nearly 1000 miles. It will continue the journey on Friday. FURTHER DETAILS. (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) SINGAPORE, November 26. Further details of the crash states the ’plane arrived at Alorstar and filled up with petrol. On talcing off it was found the machine was too hecivv. It successfully negotiated a ditch but crashed into a rice field, four hundred yards from the aerodrome. Pilot Allen was also slightly injured.
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Hokitika Guardian, 27 November 1931, Page 5
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