“ERROR OF JUDGMENT”
BAFFIN BOMBER TRAGEDY
[FEB PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
DUNEDIN, February 20
A statement regarding the finding of the Court of Inquiry into the accident to the Baffin bomber at Waimairi beach was made by. Mr. Jones.
He said the Court found that the aircraft and engine were serviceable before the flight, and that there was no failure of the or any other part of the structure in the flight. The accident was due solely to an error of judgment. The aircraft lost flying speed when coming out lof a turn, and did not have sufficient height to recover from the resulting spin. a ■ ■ .
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GEST19400220.2.3
Bibliographic details
Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1940, Page 2
Word Count
104“ERROR OF JUDGMENT” Greymouth Evening Star, 20 February 1940, Page 2
Using This Item
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Greymouth Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in