CRASH OF DUTCH AIR LINER
JURY’S RECOMMENDATION
LONDON, January 12
The jury returned a verdict that the crash of the Dutch air liner at Croydon on December 9, when 14 persons were killed, was due to the pilot losing his direction in fog. It added a strong recommendation that the final decision as to whether aircraft should take off when visibility is low should rest, not with the pilots, but with the airport officials. The aeroplane, a large passenger machine belonging 4o the K.L.M. (Dutch Air Lines) Company, crashed in flames in a street in Purley, a few minutes after leaving Croydon. It was delayed by fog, but it started on receiving reports of improved weather. The air liner damaged the roofs of two houses before it stopped on the roof of an empty house, which was quickly on fire, the flames spreading to the two adjoining buildings. The machine burned so fiercely that would-be rescuers could not approach within 20 yards. Two fire engines eventually extinguished the blaze.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21990, 14 January 1937, Page 10
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