SAFETY OF AVIATION
RECORD OF CIVIL BRANCH. ONLY FOUR ACCIDENTS. A FAVOURABLE COMPARISON. BV CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received 10.10 a.m. to-day. LONDON, June 21. Sir Sei'ton Brancker xr&& the guest of the Colonial Institute at a luncheon. Emphasising the increasing safety of aviation, he mentioned that sine© 1919 there had been only four fatalities on the regular British air routes. Since Christmas. 1924, they had covered 2,100,000 miles without scratching a passenger. He said: "If you consider the French railways and London streets, 1 think you will agree that aviation comes out well in comparison.”
He drew attention to Persia’s objection to British aircraft flying over the Persian Guff, holding up the extension of the Cairo-Basra service to India,
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 22 June 1927, Page 7
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