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The Bismarck Tribune
Bismarck, Mandan, Burleigh County, Morton County, North Dakota
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A Canadian passenger, Laurence K. Desmond of Oakville, Ontario, was killed and 12 others injured in the first fatal civil aviation accident in Sweden when a transport plane crashed into a house shortly after takeoff from Malmo on Tuesday.
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Malmo, Sweden, June 9.-()-A Canadian passenger was killed and 12 other occupants of a transport plane were injured Tuesday in the first fatal accident in the history of civil aviation in Sweden. The man killed was Laurence K. Desmond of Oakville, Ont., near Toronto.
Witnesses said all four motors of the big plane quit at a low altitude on the takeoff. The pilot attempted to land on a field but the plane crashed into a house.
The airliner, called the Lappland was carrying 11 passengers and a crew of four, bound for Amsterdam.
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Malmo, Sweden
Event Date
Tuesday
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one killed (laurence k. desmond), 12 injured; first fatal accident in swedish civil aviation history.
Event Details
A transport plane named Lappland, carrying 11 passengers and 4 crew bound for Amsterdam, experienced all four motors quitting at low altitude during takeoff. The pilot attempted to land on a field but crashed into a house.