The Archive · 1926

5 Verdict at Tonbridge

Oct, The inquest was held to-day on the victims of the air crash at} Tonbridge, when a French passenger} aeroplane caught fire and crashed on October 2, resulting in the death of the pilot and mechanic and the five passengers.

Expert witnesses were totally 1 able to account for the cause of the fire. They declared that the pilot was an export while the machine had been equipped with the most} complete fire-fighting appliance The wreck was so complete that was impossible to ascertain even where the fire had started.

The jury returned a verdict of accidental death—Reuter.

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