Carrier Planes Diverted
WHANGAREI, Last Night (PA).— The cause of fighter planes from the aircraft carrier Sydney coming to Onerahi instead of landing on the mother ship was that a minor defect in the arrester mechanism on the flight deck might possibly have resulted in damage to the planes. This risk was not worth taking in peacetime.
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Wanganui Chronicle, 24 March 1950, Page 5
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