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Re: Plane/train collisions
- Subject: Re: Plane/train collisions
- From: "Derick Wuen" <cullend@webone.com.au>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 11:24:15 +1000
- Distribution: world
- Newsgroups: aus.rail
- Organization: Web One Internet http://webone.com.au
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- Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:11275
< Tell > wrote in message ...
>Batchelor airstrip 97 Kms by rail from Darwin had the
>east west runway, crossing over the old NAR mainline.
>
>Although there were no recorded train/plane collisions,
>in the early years of WW2 a US B17 crash landed and
>blocked the line.
>
>....Tell
>
>
Was the B-17 pilot in possession of the staff or on the ticket? Did the
tailgunner set out detonators in the rear on the runway or on the rail line?
Who had to be consulted to issue the line clear report following the removal
of the wreck?
>>dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage) wrote:
>>
>> There are several examples in Australia of railways running very close to
>> and even through airports (e.g. Wynyard). Have there been many instances
>> of planes colliding with trains? I read somewhere that a DC-3 clipped a
>> coal train on the Botany goods line in the 1930s.
>>
>> Cheers
>> David
>