Salt Lake Telegram | 1950-03-29 | Page 1 | Cause Located in Air Crash

Cause oed In hi Air Mr Crash RA 0 O n t t. t March 29 UP American UP-American American investigators investigator's blamed m mechanical e c h ani c a 1 trouble Wednesday for forr the plane crash in which U. U S. S Ambassador Laurence Laurence Laurence Lau Lau- rence A. A and four others were killed I Maj Gen Victor E. E Bertrandias andias chief of the U. U S. S air force flying I safety division and U USA S A F Col A. A L. L L Harvey said it was virtually virtually virtually vir certain trouble in the port engine of the C 47 caused it to crash in flames Tuesday They made their report after interviewing the lone survivor M Gwynne A. A Long 25 Long told American and Canadian Canadian Canadian Cana Cana- dian air force investigators that their fear of parachuting at a low I altitude from the burning plane I cost the lives of and the four members of of the U. U S. S embassy staff R C A F officials discounted the possibility that the airplane which burned and exploded before crashing crashing crashing crash crash- ing was sabotaged Investigating the thc crash at the request of the thc U. U S S. S government they said that U. U S. S air force personnel stationed in Ottawa had serviced the craft jUo just t before its tal takeoff Long of Vannoy N. N C said the port engine blew up He said that nobody made a move when he relayed the bail out order of the thc pilot Capt Thomas G. G Archibald 34 Union Springs Ala The Thc crew chief sergeant said he buckled parachutes on all the passengers passengers passengers pas pas- but they seemed to be bc afraid to go over O the thc side and somebody shouted No well we'll never make it at this height