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FLIGHT, 13 May 1960 X IE BOMB HAZARD E llEF reports that the accident near Calabozo, Venezuela, onApril 28 to a Lineas Aeropostal Venezolana DC-3 had been ca.ed by a bomb explosion (Flight, May 6) were elaborateddu-ng the immediate official enquiry in Caracas. The story told by the surviving co-pilot was that a passenger had ordered thepi t to alter course, which he refused to do. Three survivors an rig the passengers said that a Russian, Vjacheslav Lavinski, rananok with a hand grenade. He rose from his seat and dashed to• ards the cockpit; passengers jumped up to restrain him andthj pilot pinioned his arms against the cabin wall. When he broke away, he pulled a hand grenade from his pocket, withdrew the pinand threw the grenade against the wall. It exploded as the aircraft was approaching Calabozo airport. Out of control, the aircraftcrashed and burned and ten of the 13 on board were killed. The investigating team subsequently discovered grenade fragmentsana powder burns to support the survivors' stories. 671 SEABOARD & WESTERN AND SHANNON pXPANSION of freight operations over the North Atlantic is±-1 being undertaken by Seaboard & Western Airlines; and their new Canadair CL-44-D4 swing-tail freighters should enter serviceon the New York - Shannon route in 1961. This aircraft, which will carry 29 tons of cargo from Shannon, Seaboard's Europeanmaintenance base, to New York in a little over 7hr, ought to accelerate the growth of the airline's all-freight traffic from Europe.Freight carried by Seaboard from Shannon to New York and vice-versa has risen from 125,0001b in 1957 to 419,0001b in 1959and this total should multiply when the "Air Age Industrial Estate" is fully established at Shannon. In the meantime, air cargo specificcommodity rates have been reduced, in some cases by up to 40 per cent, on the Seaboard & Western route from Shannon over theNorth Atlantic to North America. Last calendar year the airline's cargo and mail revenue from scheduled services was £3,605,500compared with £1,844,500 in 1958—an increase of 95 per cent. YEADON SWINGS AHEAD WITH five new BKS Air Transport routes, operating to Bergen,Bilbao, Guernsey, Mallorca and Stavanger respectively, in addition to scheduled services operating to last year's centres byAer Lingus, BKS, North-South and Silver City, there should be a record number of movements through the West Ridingairport this summer. To cope with the increased traffic BKS have placed in service a fourth Elizabethan and a fourth and fifthDakota, all former BEA aircraft. Meanwhile, work on razing redundant buildings to provide anew terminal area goes ahead and the construction of the new £400,000 terminal should begin shortly. Within the next fewmonths the installation of radar will improve the all-weather facilities available at Yeadon. Plans for a third runway, 7,500ftlong, running approximately north-west to south-east, envisage that the main Harrogate road, on the present western boundaryof the airport, will underpass its northern end by a tunnel. The new runway will, in fact, be 500ft longer than the recently extendedmain runway at Manchester and could place Leeds and Bradford in the international category as an airport. J. K. Ambler, a director of Atlas Express, has developed Euro- freight, a continental-wide de- livery, collection and air freight service on a through-rate basis Richard Ashley Hall, a new director of Cambrian Airways. A Bristolian, Mr Hall's appoint- ment is intended to strengthen West Country representation BREVITIES Capital Airlines have now been given until May 27 to file their reply to Vickers-Armstrongs' foreclosure petition. The original date was May 8. Recent reports from Germany say that Air Union is likely to comeinto effect, as expected, on November 1. Trans-Australia Airlines have bought two Hiller 12E helicopters forservices in Australia, particularly for geophysical and mineralogical exploration. According to E. R. Quesada, administrator of the FAA, all Electraswill be structurally improved as a result of investigations following the accident at Tell City. Modifications have not yet been determined. North-South Airlines have applied to the AT AC to operate betweenLeeds - Bradford - Bristol - Exeter and Leeds - Bournemouth - Sandown for seven years from June 1960. They would use Herons and DC-3schartered from Don Everall. The Mexicana Comet 4C has been grounded because the airline'spilots refuse to operate it without a substantial increase in salary. The airline say thar they have asked de Havilland to cancel the outstandingorder for three aircraft and take back the two already delivered. New from Rootes is this Karrier Bantam self - propelled unit fitted with canopied service stairs by H. W. Edghili & Co Ltd of Hook, Hants. The stairs, which can be electro - hydraulically elevated from 9ft to 13ft 6in, are seen in use with a TCA DC-8 A duty-free shop was opened at Manchester Airport on April 24. An airport hotel is to be built at Wilmslow, five miles from Ringway,Manchester. It will cost £800,000. An air services agreement between Britain and Persia was signed in Teheran on May 2. TWA and United are both reported to have made quite heavy lossesin the first quarter of 1960 although TWA made a substantial profit last year. Customs facilities are now available at Cambridge Airport but privateaircraft will be cleared only if their movement coincides with a pre- planned schedule or charter service. Two Viscount 755Ds are currently offered by Aircraft Exchange.The president of this service points out that should Capital find it neces- sary to sell even part of their fleet at distress prices this would saturatethe market and values of all comparable Viscounts would tend to decrease. The landing accident to the BEA Viscount 802 at London Airport onJanuary 7 is understood to have been caused by loss of visual reference during flare-out in rapidly decreasing runway visibility. The fire whichbroke out was caused by friction of the collapsed nosewheel against baggage and was aggravated by hydraulic fluid from fractured pipes. New Zealand National Airways Corporation have ordered an additionalfour Friendships for delivery from July, 1961, at a cost of £1,272,724 including spares. A repeat order has also been placed by PIA for twoaircraft for delivery in 1961. These orders bring the Friendship order book to 79. On July 1 air traffic control at Turnhouse Airport, Edinburgh, willbe taken over by the MoA from the RAF. A control zone of two nautical miles' radius will be established around the airfield and the Scottishcontrol area will be extended from the present eastern limits to cover an area bounded by Leuchars to North Berwick. PanAm have been warned by the FAA that they are liable to a $2,000fine for faulty maintenance and inspection procedures on a Boeing 707. The fuselage static vents were still sealed with insulating tape when anaircraft took off from New York on a scheduled flight to Paris on January 16. After the photograph on page 669 went to press it was announcedthat the Convair 880 had been certificated by the FAA. Total hours of flight test time up to this milestone in the 880's history were 1,200.Commercial service starts this weekend with Delta's operations between New York, Atlanta, New Orleans and Houston. Deliveries to TWAwill begin in May.
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