Tasman Flyingboat Forced To Return
Received Monday, S p.m. BYDNEY. Angust 2. A Tasman- Ainv'avs flyingboat wit.li 20 ])assengers aboard, wliich returned to Sydney todav after leaving for Anekiand, did so beeause of faultv oil pressure in the onter port motor. The plane was 250 miles on its wav wheh the pilot. ('aptain P. Jurv, notieod the fanlt and radioed tliat he was rp.tnrning. The passengers inelnded the Australian soccer team of 1(5 nien and two managors. The teain has been given passage in a Skyin-lste-r leaving Sydney at 11.30 tonight for Whenuapai. It •xpects to reai-h Xcw Zealand at 7.30 ti. in., Xew Zealand tinie. As all uiem bers of Ihe team have obtained soats. no alteratioii of their itiuerary will be necessary. *
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Chronicle (Levin), 3 August 1948, Page 7
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