Berlin, Oct. 11.
Twenty persons were killed yesterday when a Belgian air-liner, owned by Sabena, fell to pieces in mid-air over Westphalia and crashed in a forest.
The dead comprised sixteen German passengers, including two women and three children, and four Belgian mem bers of the crew, The Lord Mayor of London, Sir Harry Twyford, and British Legion officials proceeding to Czechoslovakia travelled from Croydon on the machine, but changed to another plane at Brussels.
The crash occurred while the liner was en route to Berlin.
Visibility was comparatively good although the clouds were as low as 900 feet.
While working in the fields workers suddenly saw what was described as ^an aeroplane with only one winz fall out of the clouds and crash to the ground."
The wreckage was strewn far and wide, supporting the theory that it broke up in the air. The bodies of the occupants were scattered for'a distance of 300 yards.
It w one of the strangest and rarest kinds of air accidents, a German aviation expert told Reuter.
The machine arrived at Dusseldorf with three p rigers and thirteen others embarked there for Berlin. The accident occurred shortly afterwards.—Reuter.
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