DUTCH AIR SERVICE
FOKKER ’PLANES WITHDRAWN. NEW FITTINGS BEING LONDON, July 18. The Daily Telegraph’s Amsterdam , correspondent says, that as the result of the crash at Bushirc the Fokker 22’s have been withdrawn temporarily from the KLM service to have a new foolproof petrol feed system installed. Questions were asked in the Dutch Parliament whether the KLM was working its pilots too hard and had contributed to the recent crashes. Two out of 15 passengers and four of the crew were killed when a Dutch aij-liner crashed at an Amsterdam aerodrome on July 14. The aeroplane de- , veloped engine trouble after taking off and returned, crashing while landing and taking fire. The machine was a four-engined Fokker, one of the biggest passenger aeroplanes in the world. SHORTAGE OF PILOTS LIVERPOOL SERVICE CLOSING Received Julv 19, 11.55 p.m. AMSTERDAM, July 19. Owing to a shortage of pilots, due to the two recent crashes, K.L.M, will 1 shortly close down the AmsterdamLiverpool service.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 79, Issue 168, 20 July 1935, Page 9
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