Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 July 1957Vol. XXVII, No. 12

Klm Super-Constellat

p. 26 · Read in the full issue

Page 2626

Late News

Crash

Fifty-seven people were killed when Royal Dutch Airlines Super Constellation i into the sea in flames just after it to from Biak Aerodrome, Dutch New Guin; July 16.

The aircraft was on a regular weekly from Biak to Amsterdam.

Eleven Dutch passengers and a stewardess were rescued, but one t rescued, a child, died later in Biak Hosp Most of the passengers were Dutcl servants or Navy men and their familit two were Australians, Mr. Leo Newma of Elwood, Victoria, and his wife, ag{ Mr. Newman is principal in a scrap metl (see RIM p. 134, June).

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