Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-05-06 | Page 9 | Crash Probers Delay Hearing

CRASH DELAY HEARING Postponement of a scheduled public hearing into Friday nights night's United Air Lines plane crash was announced Wednesday in Salt Lake City as civil aeronautics administration administration administration adminis adminis- officials in Washington D. D C. C discounted reports that the Salt Lake airport may be relo relo- Robert D. D Hoyt assistant safety bureau director for the civil aeronautics aeronautics aeronautics aero aero- board said the hearing which had been set tentatively to open Thursday morning in the federal federal federal fed fed- eral building was postponed to allow time for arrival of a COngressional congressional congressional con COn- I gressional aeronautics committee which will hold separate meetings here at the later date A press report from Washington i had quoted unidentified C A A officials officials officials as saying consideration was I being given to moving the Salt I Lake airport site because of its I dangerous proximity to the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch mountains but on Wednesday Wednesday Wednes Wednes- day it was declared there was no foundation to the report Cause of the latest air tragedy which claimed 17 lives Jives still is undetermined mined