COULD DOOR BE OPENED?
IQWENSTEIN’S FALL EXPERT OPINION DIVIDED British Official Wireless Reed. 11.35 a.m. RUGBY, Monday. Major Cooper, chief inspector of the Accidents Investigation Sub-Committee of the Air Ministry, to-day conducted a private examination of the Fokker monoplane from which Captain Alfred Loewenstein, the Belgian millionaire, is believed to have fallen while crossing the English Channel last Wednesday. The door leading from the cabin, and its fastenings, were carefully tested. It is understood that on the return from Brussels of Captain Loewenstein’s pilot, Captain Drew, the theories advanced for Loewenstein’s disappearance will be tested during the flight of the machine.
Opinion is divided as to whether, In view of the rush of air along the fuselage, it would be possible to open the door of the cabin during the flight.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 402, 10 July 1928, Page 9
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131COULD DOOR BE OPENED? Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 402, 10 July 1928, Page 9
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