ENGINE TROUBLE
TASMAN FLYING-BOAT (P.A.) AUCKLAND, December 30. The Tasman Empire Airways flyingboat Awarua, which arrived in Auckland from Sydney on Saturday afternoon, came in on three of her four engines as the result of a fault which developed in the outside port motor about an hour away from New Zealand. Piloted by Captain Keesing the Awarua left Sydney at 7.59 a.m. with 19 passengers. The trouble was not regarded as serious, hut it was thought advisable to stop the faulty motor. The loss of one engine had little effect on the flying speed, and the craft landed on Waitemata Harbour at 4.30 p.m. —only four minutes behind its scheduled time, *
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 68, 31 December 1945, Page 3
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111ENGINE TROUBLE Ashburton Guardian, Volume 66, Issue 68, 31 December 1945, Page 3
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