The Archive · 1938

Netherlands Passenger

Plane Crashes

Amsterdam, Nov. 15.

Two passengers and three members Jor the crew were killed yesterday. when a K.LM. air-liner from Berlin jerashed as it was about to land at the Schipol aerodrome.

Eleven other occupants of the plane, which carried fourteen passengers and crew of five, wore Injured and had to be rushed to hospital for treatment. These included the chief pilot, Hr. Duimataar, and a New Zealand wom-jon, who were seriously hurt, and two London men and a Canadian.

Low clouds hindered the pilot. The machine, which was a Douglas type, Jerashed nose down and was completely destroyed, but it did not catch fire.

The passengers were composed of four Britons, eight Germans and two

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