Southern Cloud discoverer retraces his steps
| Source: | 7.30 Report |
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| Published: | Thursday, October 30, 2008 4:46 AEDT |
| Expires: | Wednesday, January 28, 2009 4:46 AEDT |
It was Australia's first major civil aviation disaster and also one of the nation's greatest mysteries. In 1931, the Southern Cloud, a passenger aircraft with 8 people on board went missing in southern NSW. Nearly three decades later the wreckage was discovered by a young Snowy Mountains worker near the town of Tumbarumba. Now, 50 years on that worker and some of his relatives are retracing his steps.
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