PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Small aircraft crashes near home.

Record ID: 1065789

  • Title: PAPUA NEW GUINEA: Small aircraft crashes near home.
  • Date: 1st March 1974
  • Summary: 1. GV White bungalow through trees guard outside, pan to debris of plane against outhouse. 5 ft 2. MV pan along wrecked wing. 10 ft 3. CU debris. 12 ft 4. MV man taking photograph of debris. 14 ft 5. MV debris 16 ft 6. CU woman talking. 45 ft 7. GV airport building 47 ft 8. sign CHE Airport Elevation 25' 0.49 9. LS plane taxiing. MV pilot 52 ft 10. gets out of plane. and talks to reporter. (2 shots.) zoom into CU pilot. 93 ft 11. MV, LS small plane about to take off. 100 ft 12. GV airport zoom to LV plane in air. 108 ft WOMEN: "Well I was in the kitchen getting lunch; it was lunch time ... lunch was just about ready when it happened." REPORTER: "I see." "I understand you were in the domestic quarters when the aircraft crashed." WOMAN: "Yes, well they were all probably sitting there having lunch as it was their lunch time too." REP: "And was there anyone with you?" WOMAN: "Yes, just the boy - houseboy." REP: "You were very fortunate then ..I understand there were just 5 people is the domestic quarters altogether." WOMEN: "Yes there were 5 people, the wheels came off the plane and just forced him along the alleyway We don't really know the extent of his injuries yet but he's in hospital." REPORTER: "Mr. Richard May how long have you been flying in Papua New Guinea?" MAY: "Oh, it'll be about 15 years now." REP: "Have you had any accidents during this time." MAY: "Only the one....the engine cut out and I was forced to litch in a light." REP. "Four sestiary? craft have ditched this year. Is there a particular reason for this?" MAY: "Oh, Well not really - there are more sestiary? aircraft - actually in the whole world I think - there hasn't been one which can't be attributed to the aircraft itself - it couldn't have been blamed for it." Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 15th March 1974 12:00
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  • Location: PAPUA NEW GUINEA
  • Country: Papua New Guinea
  • Reuters ID: LVAF15NJ9YJR6L6D9G99M94E12WB
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