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unusual facts about 1948 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash


1948 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash

About 280 nautical miles (520 km) south of Brisbane it crashed into rising terrain in the North West Slopes of Australia's Great Dividing Range, due to an erroneously determined position based on errors in the navigational equipment the pilots relied upon for determining a safe course through the rising terrain.


1949 MacRobertson Miller Aviation DC-3 crash

The aircraft crashed in a clear area between huts at the South Guildford housing camp, a former Army camp where 70 huts were being used to house civilians.

George Pape

In the inquiry into the 1946 Australian National Airways DC-3 crash, Pape assisted Dr E.G. Coppel KC who represented Australian National Airways, the aircraft operator.


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