A giant Fokker aeroplane, which was being handled by an inex perienced pilot and mechanic crashed, killing both and al out of ten passengers who had passages in the machine on basis of a flat charge of one cent: per pound, This offer attracted more business than was expected, and consequently familiar with this typ while the mechanic repairer. The aeroplane, made fai ight pass On his return from one of these: trips the pilot found there were 100: persons still in the queue waiting to be taken up, so he crowded' ten, instead of the regulation eight, into the fuselage for the fifth excursion. The machine rose but before it had gone far the engine misfired and. the Fokker fell 300 fect into an apple-orchard at New Market, The five occupants who were not killed vive tadly injured but have a fight-. ing chance of recovery.—Reuter,
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