Download Book: "kaimai Crash New Zealands Worst Internal Air Disaster"

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Download Book: "kaimai Crash New Zealands Worst Internal Air Disaster"

On 3 july 1963 at approximately 909 am nzst the flight a douglas dc 3 skyliner flew into a vertical rock face in the kaimai ranges near mount ngatamahinerua at an altitude of 2460 feet 750 m. There is evidence that one person survived the impact but died shortly afterward.

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As a national airways corporation dc 3 plane began its descent towards tauranga in poor weather it was suddenly caught in severe turbulence and slammed into a ridge on the kaimai range killing all on board.

Kaimai Crash New Zealands Worst Internal Air Disaster Ebook. Reprinted by popular demand kaimai crash new zealands wost internal air disaster. Twenty three people were on board. Richard waugh kaimai crash.

The worst air accident within new zealand occurred on 3 july 1963 when a national airways corporation dc3 slammed into the kaimai range during its descent towards tauranga. Get this from a library. Flight 441 from auckland to tauranga on 3 july 1963 began as a typical national airways corporation dc 3 flight of the era.

All 23 people on board perished. Men and women maori and pakeha young and old. New zealands worst internal air disaster.

The passengers represented a cross section of new zealand society. The new zealand post office engineering division radio built and maintained a microwave communications facility near the top of kaimai range close to the hamiltontauranga highway saddle. At 909am on 3 july 1963 twenty three people died in what remains new zealands worst internal aviation disaster.

All 23 aboard died making it the worst air disaster in mainland new zealand. A major cause of the crash was atrocious weather which created strong downdraughts over the range. Kaimai crash new zealands worst internal air disaster by richard waugh 2003 craig printing company.

New zealands worst internal air disaster kynaston charitable trust and craig printing ltd invercargill 2003 read more on nzhistory new zealand disasters timeline new zealand disasters timeline 1963 key events the 1960s kaimai air crash memorial memorials register. Twenty two were killed instantly.

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