CRASH IN FLAMES
Dutch Liner Explodes in Mid-air ALL ON BOARD PERISH By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Brussels, July 28. The entire crew of four, including the stewardess’, and 10 passengers were killed when a Dutch airliner en route to Paris crashed in flames near Brussels after an explosion in mid-air. The disaster is believed to have beeu caused by lightning setting fire to the airliner. All that remains is a smouldering mass of twisted steel in a field. There was only one British passenger, of the name of Whitehouse.
A later message places the deathroll at 15.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19370730.2.92
Bibliographic details
Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 11
Word Count
96CRASH IN FLAMES Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 260, 30 July 1937, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.