The Archive · 1931

Planes Collide 1 Nanking

Airmen Injured in Accident When Flying Low

Nanking, May 29.

Two aeroplanes belonging to the Aviation Administration of the Ministry of War collided in mid-air! yesterday morning above the grounds of the Ming Palace Aerodrome, The impact took place when the two planes, one a Douglas and the other a Pelican, after complete ing their practice flights were on the point of making a landing Both planes fell to the ground, the first with its motor damaged "and the second its right slightly scratched. Messrs. Vu Pin-cho and Chen Ming-chi, the two pilots in the Douglas plane, suffer-slight injuries and were taken immetiiately to the Central Hospital for treatment. Mr. Chao Ya, the pilot of the Pelican plane, although shaken, was none the worse for the Ww of the many aeroplane ae cidents in recent months, the Ministry of War has specially ordered 1 examinations be held The possession of a strong and sound constitution considered to he of the utmost portance to aviation, where a clear head is necessary—Kuo Min,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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