Descripción:
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
| Estado: | |
| Fecha: | viernes 19 octubre 1934 |
| Tipo: | de Havilland DH.86 Express |
| Operador: | Holyman's Airways |
| Registración: | VH-URN |
| Numéro de série: | 2301 |
| Año de Construcción: | 1934 |
| Tripulación: | Fatalidades: 2 / Ocupantes: 2 |
| Pasajeros: | Fatalidades: 9 / Ocupantes: 9 |
| Total: | Fatalidades: 11 / Ocupantes: 11 |
| Daños en la Aeronave: | Anulado |
| Consecuencias: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Ubicación: | de la costa de Wilsons Promontory, VIC [Bass Strait] ( Australia)
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| Fase: | En ruta (ENR) |
| Naturaleza: | Vuelo Doméstico Programado |
| Aeropuerto de Salida: | Launceston Airport, TAS (LST/YMLT), Australia |
| Melbourne (unknown airport), VIC, Australia |
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.
Fuentes:
» De Havilland full production list» LOST 'PLANE. (1934, October 22). The Sydney Morning Herald
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