HOW EIELSON CRASHED
ALTIMETER STUCK WHEN 1,000 FEET UP SEARCH FOR BODIES Reed. 9 a.m. OTTAWA, Thursdaj-. A message from Nome, Alaska, says an examination of Lieutenant Eielson's demolished airplane explains the mystery of how such an expert airman, with 500,000 miles of Arctic flying behind him, could have met with au accident in file element he has so often conquered. His altimeter registered 1,000 ft., and theu stuck there. Eielson naturally believed he was flying at a safe altitude. Apparently he struck the side of a little snow hummock. Eskimo, are still digging in the drifts, trying to find the bodies of j Eielson and his mechanic. Both men must have been killed instantly. It is . possible that their remains were dragj ged away by hears, and some time may elapse before they are found.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 885, 31 January 1930, Page 9
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136HOW EIELSON CRASHED Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 885, 31 January 1930, Page 9
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