LIGHTNING THEORY
AIR LINER DISASTER. NO CONSTRUCTIONAL FAULT. (Received 9- a.m.) THE HAGUE, December 24. The Royal Dutch Air Line states that, prior to the disaster to the Dougr las air liner she was struck by lightning. There was no evidence of any constructional fault. A message from Bagdad states that the air line officials waded 100 yards through a swamp to reach the machine, which was lying upside down in a sea of mud. .
The police allowed nobody to approach within five miles of the wreckage.
The pilot, Geysendorffer, corroborates the lightning theory. He says the aeroplane was flying over the usual route from Cairo to Bagdad. All .the instruments indicate that she was maintaining the usual height and not attempting to land.
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Northern Advocate, 26 December 1934, Page 5
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