AEROPLANE MISHAP
FORCED DESCENT TO IRISH CHANNEL CREW RESCUED BY PASSING STEAMER By Tolo&raph—Preia Association—OoDTrlEht , .(Kec. D&cember 19, 11 p.m.) London, December 18. Ovririfr to engine trouble, a Handley ,Page aeroplane, which was flying to li\> land with a crew of seven belonging to the Boyal Air Force, descended, to the eea 15 miles from th,i South Stack lighthouse. '.I'he lighthouse-keeper reported tho accident to Holyliead, from which point the wireJsss telegraph flashed t'he news to shipping in tho Channel. As a careful descent had been made, tho aeroplane boated for hours, but the seas wefe meanwhile breaking it up. Tho crew crawled on lo thoi wings and clung to tho cross wires. A steamer rescued all the men a few minutes before the aeroplane sank.—Aua.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 73, 20 December 1920, Page 5
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128AEROPLANE MISHAP Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 73, 20 December 1920, Page 5
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