NO SURVIVORS
DAKOTA TRAGEDY IN HOLLAND PLANE BURSTS INTO FLAMES (Rec. 12.50 p.m.) AMSTERDAM, November 14. Twenty-five persons were killed, including the British pilot, when a Royal Dutch Air Lines Dakota from London burst into flames when touching down at Schipol airfield. There were no eurvivors. A few minutes before the accident a message was received from 1 the plane reading: “ Engine ondire; heading for Schipol." . The pilot, Captain Morton, was one of the most experienced K.L.M. pilots. Eighteen passengers were aboard. '
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Evening Star, Issue 25950, 15 November 1946, Page 7
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82NO SURVIVORS Evening Star, Issue 25950, 15 November 1946, Page 7
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