AVIATION

Inangahua Times, 31 December 1935, Page 3

AVIATION

I (United Press Assn—By Electric t Telegraph—Copyright .) s 1 PLANE CRASH ' PASSENGER burnt to DEATH. BROTHER INJURED, MELBOURNE, Last Night. A Moth aeroplane, hired from the Victorian Flying School for a day’s flying, made a forced landing in h paddock at Cowes and burst into flames. One occupant, Keith Angwin, was burned to death, while a frantic endeavour was being made to release him from the wreckage. His brother, Max Angwin, who was the pilot of the plane, suffered a broken kneecap, fractured wrist and lacerations of the head. He was extricated before the flames reached him. The crash was heard by local inhabitants, several of whom ruShed to the scene, but were driven back by the flames before they could release Keith Angwin’s safety belt. The machine was badly damaged. Noted Aviator KiMed Reed 9 55 a.m Cairo, Dec 30 The noted French aviator Pharabod was killed, and his companion Klein injured when taking off at Wadebalfa in attempting a record flight from Paris to Madagascar.