N.Z. AIRCRAFT AT DARWIN
PREPARATIONS FOR CRASH LANDING
(Rec. 8.30 p.m.) DARWIN, Jan. 21. A Royal New Zealand Air Force Hastings dived and climbed over Darwin Airport early todSy while fire tenders and ambulances prepared below for a crash landing. The Hastings arrived at 5 a.m. from Amberley, Queensland, on a courier run to Singapore with 30 passengers and crew. As the captain prepared to land the Hastings’ indication lights on the instrument panel would not give the signal that the wheels were down and fully locked. Fire and ambulance crews were alerted and a police car raced from Darwin to assist. After the Hastings had“ flown around a circuit for 20 minutes the crew flashed torches on the wheels and discovered the wheels were down and locked and the indication light faulty. The Hastings made a normal landing.
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Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27564, 22 January 1955, Page 7
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