FROZEN AEROPLANE CRASHES
GERMAN METEOROLOGISTS KILLED.
INTENSE COLD AT 22,000 FEET.
By. Telegraph—Pre«» Assn.—Copyright. . Rec. 7.5 p.m. Berlin, Dec.. 19. Though meteorological aeroplanes daily become ice-coated they usually land safely, but to-day Dr. Steener, meteorologist, witha pilot 1 carrying biit wind measurements at Konigsberg reached a region of intense frigidity at 22,000 feet. The machine was covered with ice and the rudder was frozen in a solid block. The plane crashed and the occupants were killed.
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Taranaki Daily News, 22 December 1930, Page 9
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