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• FRENCH AIR ACCIDENTS LONDON, September o. Tho French Air Ministry, in a preliminary report on the Chartres air accident. when three planes crashed and ten officers and men were killed, forbids tho employment of these types of bomber (Super-Goliaths) until further notice, it ascribes the first accident, in which six were killed, to a breakdown of one of the dual engines. Four were killed when a Supcr-Go-liath crashed at Dijon. They were thrown clear, but they did not adjust their parachutes. Two who were saved descended by parachute. Rupture in the controls governing tho stabiliser, followed by fire, caused tho accidents. The Press comments strongly on tho frequency of military air accidents, and condemns too high-powered engines in old machines. At Chnlons-sur-Marnc, an aeroplane, piltoted by Adjutant Lacomhc, who was accompanied by Sergeant Girardcl, was flying over a military camp when it crashed and caught fire. The pilot was incinerated, and the sergeant dangerously injured.; "
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Evening Star, Issue 20592, 18 September 1930, Page 9
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157TOO FREQUENT Evening Star, Issue 20592, 18 September 1930, Page 9
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