Big Plane Wrecked In
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New Guinea
A PILOT named Harvey arrived in Wau, New Guinea, on Saturday, December 20, under engagement to Stephens Aviation Co.; and, on Sunday morning, December 21, he took over that company’s DH50 for a flight from Wau to Salamaua.
The plane behaved in an extraordin ary manner as soon as it left the ground and, a moment later, it crashed on the aerodrome. Pilot Harvey and a passenger miraculously escaped unhurt, but the big machine was completely wrecked, and had to be dragged off the fairway.
This is a serious loss to the Stephens Co.—and a loss, also, to the goldfields community, whose transport is now being carried on with a much-reduced number of planes.
Mr. Eric Stephens made an immediate investigation—and then he took Pilot Harvey into his plane and flew him down to the beach at Salamaua, whence he departed for Australia. It is not expected that this particular pilot will be put in charge of a plane in New Guinea again.