AIR LINER CRASH
HOUSE DEMOLISHED PASSENGERS UNINJURED NOTED DUTCH PILOT'S SKILL By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (Received May <>, 11.5 p.m.) ATHENS, May <i A K.L.M. (Royal Dutch Airlines) Douglas machine, piloted by J. J. Moll, co-pilot, with K. D. Pavnicntier of the Dutch air liner which came second in the Melbourne centenary race in 1934, narrowly escaped disaster to-dav. The aeroplane was forced down by a cloudburst and landed in a garden. It uprooted several trees and shrubs, demolished a house and dived into another. The passengers were warned to fit on their safety belts. There was no panic. All paid a tribute to Moll's skill and clamness.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22722, 7 May 1937, Page 12
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