CIVIL AVIATION
SAFETY OF SERVICES FOUR FATALITIES SINCE 1919 (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) (Received June 22, noon.} LONDON, June 21. Sir Scfton Brancker was the guest of the Colonial Institute at a luncheon. Emphasising the increasing safety of aviation, he mentioned that since 1919 there had been only four fatalities on regular British a'ir routes. " Since Christmas, 1924, they had covered 2,100,000 miles without scratching a passenger.
He said. "If you consider the French, railways and Londqo streets. I think you will agree that aviation comes out well in comparison." He drew attention to Persia's objection to-British aircraft lying in the Persian Gulf, holding up the extension of the Cairo-Basra service to India.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 22 June 1927, Page 7
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114CIVIL AVIATION Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16373, 22 June 1927, Page 7
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