AIR LINER CRASHES.
ELEVEN of the crew killed. DISASTER ON TEST FLIGHT. (United Press Association —Copyright.) NEW YORK, March 19. A huge Boeing four-motored air-liner which cost 500,000 dollars crashed at Alder (AVashington) on a. test flight, killing all the 11 members of the crew. Horrified spectators saw the aeroplane dive with a terrific roar and then fall apart. Two of the victims were Dutch airline officials, P. Guilonard and A. G. von Baumaiier. The remainder were Boeing engineers, pilots and mechanics. Eye-Witnesses of the crash said that the aeroplane seemed to come apart when it dropped from the clouds. It struck a ravine with, a terrific crash which could be heard two miles away. They heard the fierce whine of the motors, indicating that the machine was in a power dive, in the middle of which cither a wing or the tail crumpled. The aeroplane was the commercial counterpart of the army’s “Flying Fortress.” It was designed to carry 32 passengers in a sealed cabin at an altitude of 20,000 feet, at a speed of 300 miles an hour. The wingspread was 107 feet, the length 74 feet, and the weight 42,0001 b.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 59, Issue 135, 21 March 1939, Page 6
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