The Archive · 1934

Hongkong Plane in Crash

Hongkong, May 30.

An aeroplane, the property of the Far Eastern ' Aviation Training School, ¢rashed into the harbour here at about six o'clock this evening.

The machine, which was being, flown at the time by Mr. Tsze To, a student pilot, went into a spin at fan altitude of 1,000 feet and hit the water with a terrific impact.

Chinese ferry-boat in the vicinity dashed to the rescue, while a number of Chinese dived overboard and swam to the scene and extracted the Ocean-going steamers will have the linrgest. or first-class iers. in the proximity of Chautauchui, on the Honan shore skirting the Back Beach. pilot from the wreckage.

The pilot sustained a broken-leg and was suffering from shock, but he is expected to recover.—Reuter.

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