RESCUE FROM THE DESERT.
OCCUPANTS OF DISABLED ’PLANE HEAT AND LITTLE WATER. (United Press Association —Copyright.) (Received This Day, 9.50 a.m.) KARACHI, Sept. 1. Eight of the passengers of the airliner Horsa have arrived here. They looked dishevelled and haggard. They are not inclined to discuss their experiences. One said the Royal Air Force ’planes located the Horsa not a minute too soon. It was impossible to say how many could have withstood the ordeal much longer. Some might even have died.
The passengers depart for their various destinations after resting for the night.
Mr. F. Crocombe (aircraft designer), who was among the passengers, said that the pilot made a good landing in the darkness, but while taxi-ing struck a hillock. The rations aboard consisted of a few sandwiches and a small quantity of bottled water, chocolate, and mineral water, on which the eight passengers and four of the crew lived for 30 hours. The heat was intense in the daytime, which was spent under the wings of the ’plane. The pilot fainted from exhaustion, and the second officer collapsed from a heart attack. The passengers collected dew from the wings a few hours before tho arrival of the Royal Air Force ’plane, which brought water in bags.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 275, 2 September 1936, Page 5
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