MISS JEAN BATTEN

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 165, 26 April 1935, Page 5

MISS JEAN BATTEN

A FORCED LANDING MADE.

ENGINE TROUBLE IN ITALY.

POSSIBILITY OF A RECORD. ' (United Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) ROME, April 25. Miss Jean Batten made a forced landing at Foggia owing to engine trouble. She was not hurt, and later continued her journey to Rome. On arrival there she repaired a broken oil pipe. She is now sleeping while the engine is being overhauled. Miss Batten will leave for London at 5 o'clock to-morrow moaning. She will probably make a non-stop flight. It will be a record if she arrives before 9.25 at night. Miss Batten said she was not tired, but was very cold after flying over the Appenines.

BATTERED BY STORMS.

LONDON, April 24.

The "(Daily Express" Athens correspondent states that Miss Jean Batten, the New Zealand aviatrix, in an interview, said the heat across India was unbearable. Her hand was very badly blistered through pumping petrol, as she had no automatic pump. She experienced further trouble at Basra, where terrible thunder and sand storms reduced the visibility to nil. Even the Dutch mail 'plane was unable to fly. The next day a westerly gale with a velocity of 40 miles an hour was blowing over the Syrian desert. Her machine was capable only of 80 miles an hour, and she had to wait for the wind to drop before she could go on to Damascus. From there the weather was quite good to Cyprus.