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KAI TACK TRAGEDY INQUIRY.

ALLEGED DEFICIENCIES IN LANDING GROUND.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 1929,

fence or try to climb again?—Yes,

that's what it comes to.

Foreman of the Jury: Wore you anticipating having a wind-No, I was not relying on it.'

Continuing to answer questions witness said that if he had even a Is there anything else you would breeze of perhaps five or ten miles like to say? Would you like to against him he would have been give any opinion as to whether the able to pull up before the fence. people were standing too close7-There was practically no wind, azd I can't say anything about that. what there was was varying con-

Squadron Lender Keeble pointed etderably. out to the Coroner that, a pilot EVIDENCE AT INQUEST.him when taking off or landing.

could not see anything in front of

The Coroner pointed out to the Patting this remark in the form jury that the witness' answer tend- of a question the Coroner asked: ed to show that a slight wind Do you agree with Squadron Lead-would have made all the difference

Keeble that it is impossible for the pilot to see immediately in

in the world. front of him when taking off or when landing-Yes, that's quite

Comments upon alleged limita tions of the landing area at the Kal Thek Acrodromo were made

true.

Then

of course you

saw no

by witnesses at the Coroner's in quest, held by Mr. T. S. Whyte Smith at the Kowloon Mogistracy yesterday afternoon, Into the deaths of three Chinese us the re- ault of an accident involving ono of the machines which had return- Chinese?-None at all. ed after taking part in the escort The Coroner pointed out to the provided on the departure of jury that the engine provented the H.R.H, the Duke of Gloucester. pllol from seeing anything, im-j

The jury empanelled to investmediately in front of him. gate the circumstances of the The foreman of the jury asked | deathe of the three victims was witness if he could say how many

composed of Messrs. L. Yates (foreman), G. B. Witchiell and A. M. da Silva.

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planes had landed before hia and how many after. Witness' replied that he could not say, but thought that his plane was the second of the entire group to land.

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ner's view and added that ho also | LAHORE Witness agreed with the Coro MOREA wished to point out that it was a difficulty to get into the aerodrome DELTA when there was no wind at all." ¡JEYPORE

The Coroner: You mean by that you would want all the wind

RAJPUTANA against you?-Yea,

PERIM Flight Commander's Evidence. The next witness called

KASHGAR Flight Lieut. Pearce,

†MIRZAPORE The Coroner: You had orders

Was

with regard to this fight on April 271

Witness: I was light comman der of No. 440 to which the crash- cd machine bolonged. I had orders to take up my flight over H.M.S. Suffolk at 6 p.m., and escort her when she left the buoy.

Any orders about when you were to return About 0.20 p.m. H.M.S.

'Pilot Called, Lieut. A. O. Watson, R.N., the pilot of the machine, was called. Before his testimony, the Coroner addressing the witness said: If there is any question that I ask you Lieut. Watson, that that there was a strong wire held-Suffolk left the buoy, and at 6.30 you have any objections to answering the fence. The wire stopped P. Squadron Leader Freeman,' for any reason, you might let me the plane and did not break; it know. Don't hesitate to let me simply pulled part of the fence know if there are any questions down. you do not wish to anawor...

The Coroner: Would you tell

me what your orders were on April

277

Witness:

I was to take off frean the Aerodroma and fly'in forma- tion with Flight Lieut. Pearce to escort the Duke of Gloucester. 1

wan

Could Not Turn. control when it hit the fence, wit Asked if the plane was under

ness replied in the affirmative. fe added that it would have been unsafe to turn.

Squadron Leader Keeble point, to land after Flight Lieut.ed out that if a plane, flying very low off the ground, were turn-

Peprce.

who was a passenger in my ma- chine, instructed me to return to Kai Tack aerodrome. I led the flight once past the Suffolk and dipped in salute and then returned. to the Kal Tack aerodrome.

Witness added that the Suffolk, when the escort left her, was then opposite the aerodrome and not outside Lycomun Pass. The cs- cort did not accompany it beyond Kowloon Bay. Witness landed at

the aerodrome at 6.40 p.m.

Continuing, witness said that

There was no order given to /ed, one of the wings would neces Lieut. Watson was the accond to you when you were to return?sarily hit the ground.

A question brining out of the land. Witness said he was taxi- Not to me personally. I was sim-

Ing towards the hangar when ply flying in the company of Flight Squadron Leader's remark was Lieut. Watson, who landed, im- Lieut. Pearce who had his orders.put to witness who confirmed the mediately after witness, crashed. statement. He added that the Eight. other machines landed suc- At what time did you leave is angle of the fence was against his cessfully after Lieut. Watson. Royal Highness' escort or what- ever you call it?--I should say 6.35 brought to the structure. sooner had given Lieut. Watson any turning to 'the left as he would be

The Coroner asked witness if he The plane, he said, was too low to orders, witness replying that he "bank."

as far as I know.

And that would be out Lyeemun somewhere wouldn't it?---Not as

far as that. About the south of the aerodrome; practically opposite the aerodrome.

And you proceeded to the land- [ing stage?—Yes, as soon as the

first machine landed,

After the Brat machine of your flight landed you proceeded to

land-Yea.

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Landing Difficulties.

When asked if he could not have had told Lieut, Watson to go up turned otherwise, witness said in formation with him. that the obstructions there would Set Orders For Landing.

The Coroner remarked that he have been bigger as there were meant if witness had given Lieut. | several houses on that side.

Watson any orders about landing. Replying to a further question Witness replied that when flying by the foreman, with reference to whether any signals were given in formation there were set orders for, landing, witness said that his for landing. The leader was the orders were to land as soon se itarat to descend, followed by the And what happened? an was reasonable, after his flight plane on lils right and then the one roached from the east side, head- cummander bad landed. He sim- on his left, and so on. Lieut. Wat- son, who was flying on the right of in and came over the Eastern ply followed him down after allow-witness, did not, therefore, require boundary as low na was safe, ing Flight Lieut. Pearce sufficient any arders as he would know.

What was the light like? The time.

When naked about the length of light was quite good for landing,.

the landing stage witness replied [although it had been bad all day.

The Coroner: Have you any but commented that certain parts that he did not know the distance, It was just beginning to fade.

criticism yourself to make about But you had no difficulty in the size of the landing stage? Is of the area in the aerodrome were fog the boundary or seeing the big enough? It is big enough

definitely unfit for landing. landing stage?--No. There

Questioned by the foreman wit- but it doesn't allow for a veryness said that he saw some of the practically no wind: A few mo- ments, after I had touched theat margin in case one is having other planes landing. All of those

difficulties. Kround I renliked that I should not

that he saw landed in the same Answering a further question direction as that of the crashed pull up short of the fence. I

witness said that he had not mea-machine. therefore put on the engine full sured the distance of the landing and endeavoured to climb clear of space, but Squadron Leader Keeble Watson's machine, said that almost A. B. Gibbs, who was in Lieut. the fence. I was unable to do informed the Court that the long- after landing. Lieut. Watson open- this. I can't give, very much de-est run was 600 yards, finite evidence of what happened

ed his throttle in an endeavour to after that except that the machine travelled across the road and hft the matshed on the other side.

Were you stunned?--No.

Was

Left With Two Alternatives. So that you found you had two alternatives, either to run into the

the accident was caused simply by The Coroner: Do you say that your not going down soon enough? I think it is very hard to say how it was enused. I apparently did not allow myself enough room to take off again.

Witness said that Sergeant Kent and A. B. Gibbs were in his plune,

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Witness did not notice anything wrong, and had no doubt that Lieut. Watson would rise again. when he opened the throttle. Wit ness, who was standing up in the machine, zaw eomo Chinese In the roadway,

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