TASMAN MISHAP
SOUTHERN CROSS COMMITTEE’S REPORT FAULT IN EXHAUST PIPE (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Sydney, June 15. The Minister of Defence (Mr Parkhill), relating the findings of the Air Accident Investigation Committee, announced that the accident to the Southern Cross on May 15 was due to the failure of the welding on the exhaust pipe of the centre engine. Exhaust rings differing in design and construction from those originally fitted had been made and fitted on to all three engines without the approval of the ground engineer in charge of the work. The exhaust pipe was manufacured by a competent welder, who, however, was not fully conversant with the type and strength of the welding required for use in aircraft exhaust systems. The manufacture and fitting of the exhaust pipe had, however, been supervised and accepted as satisfactory by a licensed ground engineer. The committee also recorded the highest praise of Captain Taylor’s heroic action in transferring oil from the starboard to the port engine during the flight.
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Southland Times, Issue 25313, 17 June 1935, Page 7
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