Disaster in the Dandenongs : the Kyeema airliner tragedy / Macarthur Job.

By:

Job, Macarthur

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Ferntree Gully, Vic. : Sierra Publishing : Mount Dandenong Historcal Society, 2008.Edition: 1st edDescription: 64 p. : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780980468649 (pbk.)

DDC classification:

363.12465099451 22

Subject: On October 25 1938, Australia's worst pre war aviation disaster occured on the western face of Mount Dandenong. The Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, operated by Australian national Airways, was en-route from Adelaide to Melbourne when it overshot Essendon Airport by 20 miles. Descending in thick cloud, it crashed into Mount Dandenong, killing all 18 occupants. The accident, which stills ranks as the sixth worst in Australia's commercial aviation history, electrified the nation. The subsequent inquiry found that an inadequate radio system and gross navigational errors by the experienced crew caused the disaster. The findings triggered the beginning of air traffic control as we know it in Australia, and the founding of the Department of Civil Aviation. --From Publisher

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Australian Emergency Management Library	BOOK	363.12465 JOB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		900189178

On October 25 1938, Australia's worst pre war aviation disaster occured on the western face of Mount Dandenong. The Douglas DC-2 Kyeema, operated by Australian national Airways, was en-route from Adelaide to Melbourne when it overshot Essendon Airport by 20 miles. Descending in thick cloud, it crashed into Mount Dandenong, killing all 18 occupants. The accident, which stills ranks as the sixth worst in Australia's commercial aviation history, electrified the nation. The subsequent inquiry found that an inadequate radio system and gross navigational errors by the experienced crew caused the disaster. The findings triggered the beginning of air traffic control as we know it in Australia, and the founding of the Department of Civil Aviation. --From Publisher

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