PILOT THOUGHT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.
EXPLANATION GIVEN OF ’PLANE ACCIDENT. Per Press Association. GISBORNE. January 2. Further particulars of the Waipiro Bay aviation accident say that the opinion formed by spectators was that Buckeridge, after descending low, decided notf to take the risk of landing on the beach till the scattered spectators were clear of the strip he proposed to use, and his care for the safety of the public led to the crash. The ’plane was coming down slowly against the wind. Then the pilot apparently changed his mind and began to lift the machine again. The speed was too slow to enable it to clear a Maori dwelling, and with a startling report from the splintered timbers the ’plane buried its nose in the kitchen of the building. A further accident occurred whilst the injured aviator was being hurried to hospital, the motor-car crashing with another car at a sharp bend on the road. Both vehicles were damaged. Buckeridge was reported to-day to have been discharged from hospital, and is proceeding .to Gisborne.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19267, 2 January 1931, Page 10
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