THE LONGREACH CRASH
WRECKED PLANE EXAMINED PROBABLE CAUSE OF DISASTER Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONGREACH, November 16. Pilot Brain made an examination of ;he wrecked biplane. He is of opinion .hat First Officer Creastes, who was at -he controls, tried to establish wireless communication. While he was doing so the machine swung, and when the pilot endeavoured to correct the swing the plane developed a spiral and crashed. The funerals of the three British victims were held to-day. Broadfoot’s widow, who had awaited the arrival of her husband in Brisbane till she learned of his fate yesterday, when she was prostrated with grief, returned to Sydney to-day in a New England Airways mail plane. CAPTAIN PRENDERGAST’S RECORD CAPE TOWN, November 16. Captain Prendergast, who was killed in the Longreach crash, had distinguished naval service' during the war. He joined the Air Force in 1923, and was drafted to India. In the disturbances in Afghanistan following the dethronement of King Amanullah he was the first airman to rescue civilians who were forced to evacuate Kabul. He made a number of flights to the Afghan capital and carried away refugees, being complimented by the Viceroy and the Ministry.
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Evening Star, Issue 21880, 17 November 1934, Page 15
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196THE LONGREACH CRASH Evening Star, Issue 21880, 17 November 1934, Page 15
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