LOINA AIR DISASTER
SUGGESTED CAUSES OF CRASH.
THREE POSSIBLE FACTORS.
By Telegraph—Press Assn.—Copyright. Rec. 12.10 a.m. Sydney, Oct 29.
The interim report on the Loina air disaster in Bass Strait on October 2 was issued by the Minister of Defence today. The investigating committee is of the opinion that one of three possible factors caused the accident: Firstly, loss of control by the pilot owing to engine failure; secondly, the fouling of the control surfaces in the tail unit while the wireless aerial was being wound in; thirdly, a sudden structural breakage which caused the wing or tail to flutter. The committee found evidence of a small fire on a portion of the floor wreckage washed ashore. The fire might have diverted the pilot’s attention from his real task and thereby he might have lost control of the machine.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1935, Page 5
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