AIR TRAGEDY

Waikato Times, Volume 122, Issue 20508, 26 May 1938, Page 9

AIR TRAGEDY

TEN PEOPLE KILLED PLANE CRABHEB IN AMERIOA THE -CAUSE A MYSTERY United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright NEW YORK, May 25 A night transport aeroplane on the way from New York to Los Angeles crashed and was burned In a wooded area eight miles from Cleveland, Ohio. All the occupants, seven passengers and the crew of three, were killed. All the bodies when removed from the wreckage were so badly charred that recognition was impossible and identification Is expected to be difficult. At the time of the crash the aeroplane was within three miles of the Cleveland airport and was already visible from the control tower. The cause of the disaster has not been established, but spectators said only one motor was operating and it was spitting fire. Accounts conflicted as to whether the machine caught fTre before the crash. Flares littering the ground in the vicinity of the scene indicated that the pilot was searching for an emergency landing. It was a sleeper aeroplane, and It is possible some of the passengers were killed in their sleep. The passengers were all men, mostly business executives, and the crew included a stewardess.

CRABH IN BRITIBH COLUMBIA ONE KILLED, THREE INJURED United Press Assn.—Elec. lei. Copyright VANCOUVER, May 25 One person was killed and three were injured in the crash of a Pacific Airways aeroplane near Prince George, British Columbia. One of those injured is a woman.