- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | September 04, 1928 |
Time: | ? |
Location: | Adelaide Hills, Australia |
Operator: | Qantas |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Adelaide - Longreach |
AC Type: | de Havilland DH.50J |
Registration: | G-AUHI |
cn / ln: | 5 |
Aboard: | 2 (passengers:0 crew:2) |
Fatalities: | 1 (passengers:0 crew:1) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | Following the conclusion of an aerial tour carrying Sir John Salmond, the aircraft departed Adelaide piloted by C. W. A. Scott with an engineer as passenger. Control was lost in the cloud during an attempt to cross the Adelaide Hills; the aircraft encounted bad weather, crashed and caught fire. |
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