SPECTATORS KILLED
AT AEROPLANE FETE. 'v ' _ PLANE CRASHES INTO! CROWD. United Press Assn. —By Electric Telegraph Copyright. (Received 12.45 p.m.) PARIS, May 27. A shocking accident occurred at the aviation fete 'at Orby, an aeroplane crushing into a crowd of spectators, killing. tw<> and injuring several. Curiously enough the aeroplane had no connection with the fete. It was a paval plan© carrying out a practice Might, and noticing the aerodrome, the pilot decided to land. When he shut off his engine he suddenly found ho was too low, and was unable to rise' in time, and the machine swept into- the crowd. All the injured wore Aiken to hos■l, but tbs - pilot received only a few bruises.—Australian P.A.
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 63, 28 May 1928, Page 6
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