12th September 1934
Jersey Airways plane crashes in a field
A Jersey Airways plane came down in a field. It was the airline’s fifth accident in a month, although while most of the others, including a plane driven into the sea and another into a wall, had happened in Jersey, this one occurred after take-off from Heston.
In this instance, an engine on the Dragon biplane cut out as it cleared the airport boundary at around 100ft and the aircraft was badly damaged upon impact. The undercarriage was smashed and the nose and wing crumpled. There were no passengers aboard and the pilot escaped with minor injuries.
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Other events that occured in September
Vickers Viscount aircraft crashes at Jersey Airport
- A Vickers Viscount aircraft with 74 passengers and crew crashed on landing at Jersey Airport when the front wheel retracted.
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The mail packet ‘Express’ is wrecked
- The Express mail packet hit rocks close to La Corbiere on a journey from Weymouth to Jersey via Guernsey.
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The first grower of Jersey Royal potatoes dies
- Jersey owes a great debt to Hugh de la Haye, who first grew Jersey Royal potatoes at Bushy Farm, Mont Cochon.
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Graeme le Saux champions Gerald Durrell
- Jersey-born footballer Graeme le Saux discussed the life of Jersey Zoo founder Gerald Durrell on the BBC's Great Lives programme.
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