MAN JUMPS FROM CRASHING ’PLANE, ESCAPES UNHURT
* PILOT MORTALLY INJURED; THIRD OCCUPANT IN SERIOUS CONDITION.
By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Reuter’s Telegrams. LONDON, May 2. A miraculous escape of a passenger in a flying accident occurred at King’s Lynn.' An aeroplane was making an exhibition flight in a high wind when it crashed into a cemetery, knocking over several tombstones and completely wrecking itself. The passenger, Barrett, jumped out before the aeroplane crashed and escaped practically unhurt. The pilot. Captain Biggwither, was mortally injured and the other occupant, George Mark Lloyd, who had been performing daring featfs at a height of 2000 feet, is in a serious condition.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17837, 4 May 1926, Page 10
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