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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 108, 10 May 1927, Page 7

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ATLANTIC FLYERS. Variety of Conflicting Reports of Whereabouts. WORST CONDITIONS PREVAIL. (By Cable.—Press Association. —Copyright.) (Received 11.30 e.m.) NEW YORK, May 9. As the hours passed without definite ( word, anxiety increased for the » safety of Capt. Nungesser and Lieut. : Coli (who are making a flight from ' Paris to New York) when they were two hours overdue. [ At New York the weather could I hardly have been worse for the coni elusion of the flight. The fog lay heavy, and the upper storeys of skyscrapers were invisible, while from the battery, where the ' aviators were supposed to direct thencourse, such landmarks as Governor's Island and the statue of liberty could not - be seen. » The wind had whipped the sea and ' two tugs proceeded to meet the flyers ! should they appear, conveying civic ■ officials, a band, prominent members of the French colony, also, in case of emergency, a surgeon and first aid supplies. Aviators here estimate that at the ■ end of 38 hours the flyers will only have ! two hours petrol left. i _^__ i NEWS INDEFINITE. ; (Received 11.30 a.m.) I HALIFAX, May 9. ' The Canadian Government wireless \ station at Cape Race, Newfoundland, has advised that no word of Nungesser had been received up to 10 o'clock this morning. Wireless communication with all Government stations in the North Atlantic reported nothing of Nungesser. ' "Nungeeser seen OJL Newfoundland," was a radio to the French Cable Com- • pany from St. Pierre, reported on MonJ day morning, states a New York dispatch. ! Another from Orleans, Massachusetts, , stated that Nungesser was seen off Halifax. A message received at London reported that Nungesser had passed Halifax. The Navy Department reports that . Nungesser passed Portland, Maine. J A message from Portland, Maine, how- ' ever, states that the coast guard are , not aware that Nungesser's 'plane was sighted. One was seen, but it is believed " to be have been a United States scout plane returning from a search for the ' French aviators in the middle of the 6 afternoon. J A Naval communication reported that a 'plane, believed to be Nungesser's, was ; over Cape Elizabeth, Maine, flying south , at 3.55 this afternoon. . [ MYSTERY OF THE SEA. 3 (Received 11.30 a.m.) 1 NEW YORK, May 9. t The whereabouts of Captain Nungesser • are becoming a mystery of the sea. 7 Forty-two hours have elapsed since he r left France, and he has not been reported • from any source since passing Ireland. Hβ carried enough petrol for 40 hours, r There is a thick fog on the United States i Coast.