PLANES GROUNDED BY MANILA GOVERNMENT
Serious AHega'ions Against T ransport Corr pany MAXILA, January 15. Following he erash oi Saturday of 'i Skymaster. in which six lives wero lost hnd from which three schoo'boys wcre *rescued, the Philippines Govern:nent has oriered the Far East Air Transport Company to ground all its aireraft pending investigation. The Goverrment has eharged that the company disregarded the regulations despite a warninr issued af er oue of its aireraft crashed on December 13. Colonel Jesus Villamor, head of the Government Aeronautics IJureau. reported that the Skymaster pilot, also Ihe chief mechanic and his assistant, did not hold valid licences. The radio operators also wero not licensed. Furthermore, the company failed to test the aireraft without passengers after changing an engine at Shanghai.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5303, 16 January 1947, Page 5
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127PLANES GROUNDED BY MANILA GOVERNMENT Rotorua Morning Post, Issue 5303, 16 January 1947, Page 5
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