CRASH OF THE HANNIBAL.
WING HITS POLE. ACCOMMODATES 84 PASSENGERS. (Offtclsl Wireless.) (Received Aug. 11. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, August 10. An official announcement regarding the aeroplane Hannibal states that In landing one wing lilt a telegraph pole and the tall was torn. The Hannibal Is one of three machines of this type already in commission. A fourth Is about to be delivered, and four others are on order ■by the Imperial Airways. The Hannibal weighs 13 tons, and lias four engines, each of 500 horsepower. It has accommodation tor 34 passengers, besides two pilots, * ■mechanic, and a stewad.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18404, 11 August 1931, Page 7
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