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Saturday, January 19, 1974
CRASH OF R.H.K.A.A.F. PLANE
Board of Inquiry Completes Investigation
An official inquiry into the crash of a Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary
Air Force Musketeer aircraft on September 27 last year has been completed.
The Musketeer aircraft crashed into the hillside on the northern
slope of the Pat Sin Range that afternoon while on exercise with the army.
The pilot, Flying Officer, M.A. Wightman, who was the only
passenger at that time, was not hurt,
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According to the investigation report by a Board of Inquiry,
by the R.H.K.A.A.F., no evidence of any defect or malfunction --
mechanical or electrical was found on subsequent examination of the
aircraft, which could have possibly caused the accident.
The conclusion was that the accident was caused by dow drafting
conditions that could have occurred over the area of the accident in tue
weather conditions at that time.
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