AIR DISASTERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 20930, 21 January 1930, Page 9

AIR DISASTERS

FATAL CRASH IN ITALY. SCHNEIDER CUP PILOT KILLED. KILLED IN TRIAL FLIGHT. (United Press Association.) (By Etectrlo Telegraph—Copyright.) ROME, January 10. Warrant-officer Thomaso Dal’Molin,' aged 27, who was second in the Schneider Cup, was killed in a tidal flight at Dc Senzano aerodrome. PLANE DIVES INTO LAKE. ROME, January 20. (Received Jan. 20, at 9 p.m.) Warrant-Officer Dal Molin was testing a new machine with which it was hoped to beat the British Schneider Cup record. He attained enormous speed, but in turning the machine sideslipped and nose-dived into a lake, the recalling the death of Lieutenant Motta in August at the same spot. CRASH IN CALIFORNIA. FOURTEEN PEOPLE KILLED. NEW YORK, January 19. (Received Jan. 20, at 9 p.m.) A message from San Diego (California) states that 14 people were killed when an aeroplane which was en 'route to Aguacaliente, Mexico, crashed in flames, WRECKAGE BURSTS INTO FLAMES. NEW YORK, January 19. (Received Jan. 20, at 10 p.m.) The machine crashed between Los Angeles and San Diego. An eyewitness said that the motor was missing and the pilot made a desperate effort to reach the seashore. Everyone know that something was wrong when the great plane, heavily laden, came careering along only 200 feet off the ground, wobbling like a wounded bird, and with her motors^ missing. The pilot, however, could not quite make the beach. There was a crash and a spray of earth as if a giant plough was tearing up the countryside. A second later there was an explosion and the wreckage burst into flames, causing the worst single disaster in the history of American flying. The piano was a tri-motored Fokker known as a race special, which left the track at Aguacaliente at 5.30 after the last race. ACCIDENT NEAR PALM BEACH. THREE PEOPLE KILLED. .VANCOUVER, January 19. (Received Jan. 20, at II p.m.) There was another fearful air accident near Palm Beach, Florida. William Lindley, a wealthy amateur flyer, and two mechanics were killed when a new cabin seaplane fell into Lake Worth. One of the wings appeared to fold back, putting the plane out of control, but the engine was still roaring when it hit the water. Two passengers were seriously injured.