Détails:
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
| Statuts: | |
| Date: | vendredi 19 octobre 1934 |
| Type/Sous-type: | de Havilland DH.86 Express |
| Compagnie: | Holyman's Airways |
| Immatriculation: | VH-URN |
| Numéro de série: | 2301 |
| Année de Fabrication: | 1934 |
| Equipage: | victimes: 2 / à bord: 2 |
| Passagers: | victimes: 9 / à bord: 9 |
| Total: | victimes: 11 / à bord: 11 |
| Dégats de l'appareil: | Perte Totale |
| Conséquences: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Lieu de l'accident: | de Wilsons Promontory, VIC [Bass Strait] ( Australie)
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| Phase de vol: | En vol (ENR) |
| Nature: | Transport de Passagers Nat. |
| Aéroport de départ: | Launceston Airport, TAS (LST/YMLT), Australie |
| Melbourne (unknown airport), VIC, Australie |
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.
Sources:
» De Havilland full production list» LOST 'PLANE. (1934, October 22). The Sydney Morning Herald
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