LANCASTRIAN OVEROUE
SYDNEY, March 25. A Lancastrian aircraft with five pas sengers and a crew of five is overdue at Perth from Colombo. Planes from five countries are searching the Indian Ocean for the missing airliner, which was scheduled to reach Perth at 3.20 a.m. yesterday as part of the LondonSydney service. It is still probable the piiot may have lahded,in Java or Western Australia. The nlane was last reported midway between Ceylon and Cocos Island, which is now a stopping place. It is possible that the plane may have missed the island because of a radio breakdown or another fault. R.A.P. and R.A.A.F. Sunderland ana Liberator search planes immediately went out from Colombo, Singapore, Batavia, Cocos Island, and Perth.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 March 1946, Page 5
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