DISASTER AVERTED
MOTOR FAILS ON AIRWAYS CLIPPER DROP FROM 8,500 FE<ET. CRAFT RIGHTED ON REMAINING MOTORS. By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright. (Received This Day, 10.45 a.m.) HONOLULU, October 19. The Pan-American Airways Philippine Clipper arrived nearly a week late, after averting a forced landing in the approximate area in which the Hawaii Clipper disappeared in July. The passengers showed no signs of panic when the plane dropped from 8,500 feet to 100 feet and one motor failed. The pilot calmly righted the craft and used the three remaining motors.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1938, Page 7
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88DISASTER AVERTED Wairarapa Times-Age, 20 October 1938, Page 7
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