Crash of a De Havilland DH.60G Moth in Nevers: 1 killed
Date & Time:
Jan 5, 1934
Registration:
G-ABDV
Survivors:
Yes
Schedule:
Woodley - Cairo
MSN:
1291
YOM:
1930
Crew on board:
1
Crew fatalities:
Pax on board:
1
Pax fatalities:
Other fatalities:
Total fatalities:
1
Circumstances:
The aircraft departed Woodley on a flight to Cairo-Almaza with one passenger (Mrs. Evelyn Frost) and one pilot (Mr. Geoffrey Benskin Ruddle) on board. En route, the pilot encountered marginal weather conditions and apparently attempted an emergency landing when the airplane collided with an electric pylon and crashed. The pilot was injured and the passenger was killed.
