PULLED WRONG LEVER
Airman’s Escape on Test Flight Berlin, May 9. During a sudden swerve in a gust of wind in a test flight of an aeroplane from the Dornier works, a mechanic named Hipp inadvertently clutched the lever which opens the emergency floor trap, through which he disappeared. Hipp landed safely by parachute and trudged home on foot with the parachute tucked under his arm.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 9
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66PULLED WRONG LEVER Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 192, 11 May 1937, Page 9
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