AMY JOHNSON DOWN
OIL PRESSURE FAILS
SMITH STILL MISSING
(Received 18th November, 11 a.m.)
LONDON, 17th November. Amy Johnson (Mrs. J. A. Mollison) has cabled her i husband stating that she made a forced landing at Benguela, There was no oil pressure and she doubts if the' defect is reetifiablo there. -
There is no news of Victor Smith, who, flying from the Cape to Croydon, is seventy hours overdue at Niamey, French Sudan. .
Bad luck, . states a British Official Wireless message to-day, has overtaken Amy Johnson's effort to establish fresh' records for the EnglandSouth Africa flight. Having flown 4700 miles by the morning of the fourth day of the dash and been considerably ahead of the time established, by her husband, J. A. Mollison, during his record flight, she was this morning forced to land at Benguela, Portuguese East Africa, 1700 miles from the Cape. It is expected that she will continue in a few hours, if repairs are possible, but her prospects of beating the record are now remote.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIV, Issue 121, 18 November 1932, Page 7
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