EXPLANATION OF AIR DISASTER
EXPLOSIVES IN AEROPLANE CHICAGO, October 18. The United Airlines aeroplane which crashed while crossing Indiana on Tuesday night, killing seven people, was blown in halves by high explosives. This was announced by Mr David Colyer, vicepresident of United Airlines, following the Department of Justice investigation. What kind of bomb caused the destruction of the aeroplane, and whether it was a liquid or solid explosive, probably never will be known, but indications are that the explosive was stored in the cargo space aft. Mr Colyer said that unmistakable evidence of the cause of the disaster was found in a microscopic examination of particles of metal and cloth found in the debris after the smash. Eye-witnesses also said that the: first crash of the explosion occurred high in the air, but no flames came until the for-yvard part of the aeroplane hit the earth. Experts said that a petrol explosiim could not have caused damage of this type.
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Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20997, 27 October 1933, Page 16
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