BROADBENT FOUND
LANDING ON BEACH
DISCOVERY BY QANTAS AEROPLANE
(Received March 18, 8 pjnA BATAVIA. March 18.
A Qarrtas aeroplane found HL R Broadbent, the Australian airman. on a beach 16 miles north-north-west of Waingapu. - The report was: “AH well.” • . An earlier message said that radio stations reported that Broadbent was seen on Wednesday at 9.15 pjxt. at Rambang. Yesterday at 12.15 an. he was seen at Waingapu, flying in. an easterly direction, and later returning in a westerly direction at 3.45 a.m. He was twice seen near Endeh.
Two naval and six military aeroplanes and a Government steamer were searching for him.
PILOT UNINJURED
DAMAGE TO MACHINE
(Received March 19, 12-5 am.)
SYDNEY, March 18.
Advice has been received that Broadbent was found uninjured on Torren Island, but his aeroplane was damaged. The chief damage appeared to be a bent airscrew. A Dutch official and a few natives were with him on the island. . His machine was on rising ground about 600 yards from the shore.
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Press, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22355, 19 March 1938, Page 17
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