REPORTED MISSING
IMPERIAL AIRWAYS LINER ON PASSAGE FROM ARABIA TO PERSIAN GULF. FLIGHT OVER INHOSPITABLE MOUNTAINS. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. CALCUTTA, March 2. The Imperii)l Airways liner Hannibal, which left Jiwani ‘(Arabia) for Sharjah in the Persian Gulf, radioed that it was trying to make contact with, Sharjah, since which it has not been traced. The plane carried four passengers and a crew of four. It was over the most inhospitable mountains on the whole route.
A British Official Wireless message says the Hannibal is commanded by Captain Townsend. The liner left Jiwani at 3.32 p.m. on Friday and was due at Sharja five hours later. The Hannibal was reported over Jask at 6.50 p.m. Imperial Airways announced tonight that there was still no news of the Hannibal. At dawn this morning a search began in which several R.A.F. craft and the Empire flying-boat Coogee took part. They received co-opera-tion of naval and merchant ships. A message from New Delhi says a wide search by air failed to locate the Hannibal, which was carrying mail from India. Passengers included Sir A. T. Pannir Selvam. Minister for Madras, who was flying to join the Council of the Secretary of State for India.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1940, Page 5
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200REPORTED MISSING Wairarapa Times-Age, 4 March 1940, Page 5
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