37 KILLED IN TWO CRASHES
CHINESE TRANSPORT PLANES SHANGHAI, Dec. 6. Twenty-five persons were killed when a Chinese Air Force aeroplane flying from. Nanking to Keelung hit a mountain on the outskirts of Keelung, according to Chinese newspapers. A seriously injured boy was the only survivor. Most of the passengers are believed to have been Air Force dependants being evacuated from the capital. Six bodies, all Chinese, were recovered to-night from a Central Air Transport Corporation aeroplane which crashed in flames just outside the Kiangwan airport late, this afternoon when it overshot the runway in dense fog. The official death roll is 12, including the American pilot and the Chinese co-pilot, and a Russian passenger. Seven others were injured.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 69, Issue 50, 8 December 1948, Page 8
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