HUGE PLANE CRASHES
CHINA’S WORST MISHAP NINE OCCUPANTS ESCAPE (Received November 25, 11 a.m.) SHANGHAI, Nov. 24.
The worst disaster m civil aviation in China, though not attended, by any fatalities, occurred when a huge Sikorsky amphibian, carrying two pilots and seven passengers, crashed on the heights of Chusau Island, in Hangchow Bay, in a dense fog. Tho machine was on its inaugural passenger flight. After striking tho rockhound coast, tho plane somersaulted thrice, ending in a mass of twisted wreckage, from which tho occupants, badly injured, were extricated. The Countess of Carlisle, a niece of the British Minister, Sir Miles Lampson, had both ankles broken, and Mr. Kevnalds, American Consul at Foochow, was badly injured.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18255, 25 November 1933, Page 5
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