SHENANDOAH SMASH
INQUIRY
INTO AMERICAN AIR-
SHIP DISASTER.
NAVY DEPT. ABSOLVED FROM BLAME.
(Received Jan. 3, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 1
The Court of Inquiry in tho Shenandoah case absolved the Navy Department from all blame declaring that the destruction was due principally to external sources arising from high velocity air currents. The Court was unable to determine whether prior minor damage due to gas pressure was a determining factor, but stated that the Shenandoah was of sound design and construction when built, and tho deterioration of structural material was not responsible. The Court found that Commander Lansdown expressed no opposition ot reluctance to undertake the flight as claimed by his widow, and pronounced the disaster as “part of the price which must inevitably be paid in the development of any hazardous art.”— A. and N.Z.C.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10193, 4 January 1926, Page 5
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