Charge against pilot
PA . Dunedin' A man appeared in the i Magistrate’s Court at Dunedin yesterday charged with| manslaughter at Taieri Air-1 port on September 11. John Eric Penno, aged 35, a chief flying instructor of; the Otago Aero Club, was remanded at large by’ Mr J. j ,D. Murray, S.M., to Novem-i sber 1 for the taking of i depositions. 1
| Penno appeared in court) Jon crutches. His counsel (Mr) ■J. B. Robertson) asked that) •I he be remanded at large be-) li cause he was still suffering! ifrom severe injuries. i The charge is that Penno! ) committed manslaughter in [ that he caused the death of ; David George Innes at Taieri , Airport by failing to take reasonable care and pre- ’ cautions while flying a Turbulent aircraft.
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Press, 11 October 1979, Page 3
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