’Death warrant' ship search
t ( N.Z.P. A .-Reuter—Copyright) MELBOURNE. -1 An aerial search expert has .[told an inquiry into the sinkiiing of the Blythe Star that ;[the search method used was J what he called a “death war- - [ rant” for the crew drifting in i a dinghy. i Mr Laurence Gruzman, . Q.C., national president of , the Genera] Aviation Asso- : ciation, told the court of ini quiry that he had been involved in many successful
■i searches over the sea, and .[had vast flying experience. Mr Gruzman said that the ;' track spacing between . [R.A.A.F. aircraft in the . search for the Blythe Star I had produced a result worse [than no search at all.
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Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33456, 11 February 1974, Page 13
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112’Death warrant' ship search Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33456, 11 February 1974, Page 13
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