PLANE CRASHES

Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 447, 1 June 1937, Page 5

PLANE CRASHES

MORE CASUALTIES ! British Air Force I Press Association —Copyright. London, May 31. j Three more deaths have occurred I as a result of Empire Air Day crash- ’ es l , namely Mrs Abbey and two pasI sengers in a* plane which crashed at ; Doncaster. An Irish solicitor, Mr • Reginald Good, was injured in a • crash at Wicklow and also succumb- | ed. • A member of the House of Comj mens', Mr F. Montague, former Uni der-Secretary for Air, will ask the j House of Commons whether displays i entailing risk can be justified. ■ The Daily Herald, supporting Mr i Montague, declares that these tra_ I gedies have shocked the public. '“lt jis clear that partly for popular I amusement and plartly for the sake of i Air Ministry propaganda young flying men are ordered to risk their lives in unnecessary s'tuntis” says the II er al The News Chronicle deprecates alarmism. H contends that aerobatics are a valuable part of military training. The Daily Mail points out that the Royal Air Force sent up 1500 machines and 3000 men at the displays, among which there were five deaths. It says that .such casualties, (although lamentable, are almost bound to overtake an expanding air force.