Unfallbericht:
A de Havilland DH.86 Express passenger plane, named "Miss Hobart" disappeared over Bass Strait during a flight from Launceston, Tasmania, to Melbourne.
Captain V. Holyman, one of the co-founders of the airline, was among the missing.
The next day patches of oil were discovered some 10 miles off Wilsons Promontory.
» LOST 'PLANE. (1934, October 22). The Sydney Morning Herald
| Status: | |
| Datum: | Freitag 19 Oktober 1934 |
| Flugzeugtyp: | de Havilland DH.86 Express |
| Fluggesellschaft: | Holyman's Airways |
| Kennzeichen: | VH-URN |
| Werknummer: | 2301 |
| Baujahr: | 1934 |
| Besatzung: | Todesopfer: 2 / Insassen: 2 |
| Fluggäste: | Todesopfer: 9 / Insassen: 9 |
| Gesamt: | Todesopfer: 11 / Insassen: 11 |
| Sachschaden: | Zerstört |
| Konsequenzen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Unfallort: | vom Land entfernt von Wilsons Promontory, VIC [Bass Strait] ( Australien)
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| Flugphase: | Während des Fluges (ENR) |
| Betriebsart: | Inländischer planmäßiger Passagierflug |
| Flug von: | Launceston Airport, TAS (LST/YMLT), Australien |
| Melbourne (unknown airport), VIC, Australien |
A de Havilland DH.86 Express passenger plane, named "Miss Hobart" disappeared over Bass Strait during a flight from Launceston, Tasmania, to Melbourne.
Captain V. Holyman, one of the co-founders of the airline, was among the missing.
The next day patches of oil were discovered some 10 miles off Wilsons Promontory.
Informationsquelle:
» De Havilland full production list» LOST 'PLANE. (1934, October 22). The Sydney Morning Herald
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