CRASH OF TUDOR AIRLINER
EVIDENCE GIVEN AT INQUESTS FLIGHT TO INVESTIGATE SLIGHT VIBRATION (Rec. 9 p.m.) LONDON, August 26. Mr Stuart Duncan Davies, chief designer of the A. V. Roe Company, who was cne of the two survivors when the Tudor II aeroplane crashed on Saturday while on a test flight, with a loss of four lives, said in evidence at the inquests to-day that the flight was made to investigate a report of a slight vibration at the cruising speed in the aircraft—a routine check. The take-off was normal, but as the aeroplane became airborne, it banked and the starboard wing touched the ground. The tip of the wing remained in continuous contact as the Tudor increased speed, and it was rapidly rubbed off. He did not know what went wrong.
Other evidence was that since it had been previously flown on August 13, a number of modifications were made to the aircraft, including some to the elevator controls. Altogether, the machine made 88 flights, totalling 130 hours.
The Coroner recorded verdicts of death by misadventure in the case of each victim of the accident.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25274, 28 August 1947, Page 7
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