LICENSES RESTORED
DHB6 AEROPLANES. NO STRUCTURAL FAILURE. (United Press Assn.—Telegraph Copyright.) Melbourne, December 16. An announcement that the licenses of the D.H.86 aeroplanes would be restored as from to-day was made by the Minister of Defence, Mr R. A. Parkhill, after he had received a communication from the Ail’ Accidents Committee following its examination of the Lepena at Hunter Island. The report indicates definitely that there was no structural failure affecting the safety of the aeroplane. NOT DESIRABLE WITHDRAWAL OF LICENSES. (United Press Assn— Telegraph Copyright.) London, December 15. “It is only fair to assume that Mr Parkhill intended merely a temporary withdrawal of the certificate for D.H. 86 machines pending an investigation of the forced landing,” says Mr Oliver Simmons, secretary of the Parliamentary Air Committee, commenting on the restoration. He added: “I shall approach the Air Ministry to take up the question of investigating what was in the minds of the Australian authorities when they brought about the withdrawal as withdrawals are not desirable from the viewpoint of confidence in the air-travelling public or the British export trade.” Imperial Airways have cancelled arrangements tor Indian planes to continue to Darwin on receipt of the Qantas cable announcing that it was resuming the Singapore-Darwin service.
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Southland Times, Issue 22766, 17 December 1935, Page 7
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