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Show DAYTONA BEACH CRASHJROBED DAYTONA BEACH, Fla., Aug. 11 (L'.Hi Three investigations" were ' started today to determine responsibility re-sponsibility for the construction of a high tension power line at Sholtz airport that "tripped" an eastern airlines plane and caused the death of four men and serious seri-ous injury to five others. The department of air commerce, com-merce, the Florida Power & Light company and Eastern Air Lines sent officials here to ascertain why the power line was erected where it endangered planes landing land-ing at and taking off from the field. Preliminary but unofficial reports re-ports made to Wiley Wright, bureau bu-reau of air commerce inspector from Atlanta, Ga indicated that the power line was strung as an emergency measure Monday night after a ground line transformer trans-former had burned out. The line, it was understood, furnished power for a beacon located west of the airport. Apparently neither Flight Captain Cap-tain Stewart G. Dietz nor Pilot Robert G. Reed were aware the line existed. They were killed almost instantly while two passengers pas-sengers died later at a hospital. |