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1937.09.29 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS Tel Aviv > Neugersdorf
1937-09-29: Phaleron Bay, Greece Aircraft: Short S23 “Courtier” (G-ADVC) Imperial Airways Route: Asia – Great Britain. Pilots: Captain E. Poole, First Officer Jack S. “Ginger” Hall, Radio Operator A. T. Dunk & Flight Clerk G.A. Boughton. The aircraft was making its scheduled landing at Phaleron Bay. The pilot failed to flatten the flying boat out and it struck the water with great force, which cause the hull to burst open, and it sank in a few minutes. Captain Poole claimed that the reflection of the sun on the still water of the bay, blinded him and he thought the aircraft was touching down on the water, when in fact, it was still fifty feet up. “Courtier” thus became victim of the phenomenon called “glassy calm”. Rescue attempts were hampered by the propellers, as they continued to turn in the water. Two passengers drowned, and five passengers were injured, one seriously. The remaining four passengers and crew were uninjured. An Air Ministry regulation followed this accident, making seat belts for passenger seats compulsory in British airplanes. Flugpostbrief Tel Aviv > Neugersdorf i. Sa. mit Klebezettel "Amtlich verschlossen!" und Z2 violett "Aus verunglücktem Flugzeug durchnässt geborgen."

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