AVIATION

Hokitika Guardian, 24 May 1930, Page 5

AVIATION

FURTHER PARTICULARS

(United Press Association—By Electric •Telegraph—Copyright).

LONRQN, May 23. Two fingers of,, Miss Johnson's left hand were injured during’the Java Sea crossing. she' said : “They seem slightly septic hut 1 am not worrying and will not allow the. pain or discomfort to stand., in 1 the way of my fixed determination .to reach Australia, nevertheless it is unlikely I shall return' by air. ,There are tu> many troubles on this flight.’,’ ... 1 She confessed ,the flight was too much for her, requiring more than she possessed in expedience and strength. She admitted flying over the open sea frightened her considerably. “Oh, you should know the .forlorn feeling you have' alone on a frail machine, every moment dreading the motor Will stop arid you have to. face calamity. No, never,, never again! 5 ,’ v Miss Johnson’s .father, interviewed, said he was anxiously awaiting news. He had not given'up hope. If Amy landed on a small island it must be' sometime before Jjier whereabouts are known.” ‘ ' / , 1 Hinlder said : “We can he optimistic if anything has gone wrong. She should be all right, for . flying over a senes /of' 'islands which, ise thereabouts, is somewhat akin r stepping stones. There i's‘ not any.particular long water jump. On the cither hand there is not much shipping. "It is most likely if she is forced down 3he selected a rice

field, where .one dsa&anahly expects she escaped "without much damage. It rshoUldCnot dm: difficult to'locate her, no

matter in what remote part she landed.” «•■*" ~ '

AMY JOHNSON SAFE.

a safe 1 Landing. iWELTVREDEN, May .23. Miss. Johnson s'afe. She landed at 'Halildelik, a village near Atamiboea Jpesterday morning. • Miss Johnson by motor cay to Ataniboea, And she intends to to-day fort’her ' plane, and she will then fly bade'io Atamboea. •V ■ The 'time of fidb departure from is not "yet known.

J Tbo foregoing 'fie'Ws was sent by the i Dutch East authorities. /•-It. : is added'that'CMiss Johnson is well, and that her madlife is uninjured.

;■ ~ , ;lt -'iitlK-.-ju • . austramanrelief. 1 ■;V : ... .. . ' U v ."d :■ , ' .: dgYDNEY,' May 23. The news of Miss Amy Johnson's safety fvlt^- ?t biiMßasi!da" ; throughout .A-Ustralia .after ~lunqh; n to-day.- It was as beingrthe, best news that the people had heard, for a long time, and caused a . feeling of profound re- . lief.- . (■ i. .>.

LANDING AT 6 P.M,

■ KOJp>ANG, May 23. Misg Amy Johnson, wag obliged to land at six o’clgcjc yesterday evening, The reason" for tliis is unknown,. She landed nearby ■; the Catholic .Mission of Haliloeljk, sixteen miles from Atamboea.

Motor cars were. ..sent to bring her to Atamboea morning, after which she motored back.

DUTCH SEARCHERS ;" A li:

STOPPED" IN TIME

W.ELTV,REDteN, May 23. Miss Johnson ianded twenty kilometres to the souili of the land field at Atamboea, on 'the.' main .road to Koepang, near the Portuguese boundary. . s . As HaHloclik".is "entirely isolated, without telephones,, the whole of the Dutch Indies ,yesterday • |rjpm evening till this morning were alarmed on account of there beffffe' iio hews. The "War Department ji^tLinstructed the various commodores of the garrisons in the outer Possessions to take the necessary, the Resident at Timor Island instructed the Government stenmfe'r;' which at present ift in Timor waters,''to search for the missing girl. At ’ the : ’saroe time two Domier-Wal sea.plahes from Sourabaya were on the'jioint of starting, ■for Timor> looking for her. All of these measures were cancelled in the :hick of time, when,' Timor and Koepang received at "ten o’clock (Java lime) the first report of her safe landing, thereby 'relieving an anxious tension, not Only'lbecause of the unusual interest in her important world flight, but on 'aSSount of a general personal sympathy for the brave girl.

LEAVING FOR. iftjlWlX AT DAWN (Received tliifl. diiv nt 8 a.m.l WELTEV£SDEN, May 23. Amy Johnson Atamboea in plane from ijaliloelik. She is hopping off for Darwin to-morrow at dawn- . * •); id-.. .May 23. ‘‘What a wonderful relief!” were the first words of Amy’s .father when told she was safe. “The mother was terribly worried. Neither ..of,ms could ieel certain she (.would v reach Ausi-