PLANE DIVES INTO LAKE
THREE PASSENGERS DEAD TRAGEDY ON LAKE OF GENEVA WOMAN’S GHASTLY ORDEAL By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 7 p.m. Geneva, Aug. 3. Three passengers were killed and the pilot and mechanic were seriously injured to-day when an aeroplane on the Lake Leman service crashed. While the plane was flying low the right motor misfired, thus upsetting the balance. The right wing dipped and struck the water and then (he plane dived into the "lake.
Motor-boats rushed to the rescue and picked up the pilot,.. mechanic and ft Belgian jvoman passenger aged 42 who, though her arm had been torn off, crawled from the cabin and swam until rescued. Later she died in hospital. The other victims were a married couple on holiday.
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Taranaki Daily News, 5 August 1930, Page 9
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