U.S.A. AIR LINER WRECKED
LIGHTNING STRIKES PLANES
NINE KILLED IN TWO CRASHES FIERCE STORM TAKES TOLL By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Australian Press Association. Received Sept. 5, 8.10 p.m. United Service. New York, Sept. 4. Lightning struck the trans-Continental Air Transport Company’s great plane City of San Francisco, which has been missing since early yesterday, south of Callup, New Mexico. The plane crashed on the desert when trying to cross the mountains.
The plane contained five passengers, most of whom were prominent in various circles, and three members of the crew. The report from Gallup indicates < that all were killed.
A terrific storm occurred in that vicinity yesterday.
Major John P. Wood, famed airmail pilot and Air transport executive, who was attempting to lower the record between Los Angeles and Cleveland, was killed when his monoplane exploded in the air.
His mechanic jumped in a parachute and escaped with injuries, but Major Wood’s mangled body was found in the tangled wreckage on the desert to-day. The mechanic stated he believed lightning struck the plane in the exceptionally severe storm.
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Taranaki Daily News, 6 September 1929, Page 9
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