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Pan-American Plane Down in Sea LITTLE HOPE HELD OF ANY SURVIVING By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. (Received August 4, 7.30 p.m.) New York, August 3. ■ A Pan-American Airways aeroplane, carrying 11 passengers and a crew of three, flying from Chile to Cristobal last night, came down in the sea in the Canal Zone. A search was instituted by 64 naval aeroplanes and the machine was found submerged with no sign of life on board. A naval airman found wreckage, which consisted of a fragment of the engine section of the machine, 20 miles from the Colon breakwater. The airman came down to the water and taxied to the disabled machine. It is believed that no occupants have survived, although it is hoped that they may have been picked up by other searchers. The passengers included two United States Department of Commerce aviation attaches, a woman, and two children.
A later message states that hope for the 14 persons aboard the plane has been virtually abandoned. Planes and submarines are continuing to search tor survivors.
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Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 265, 5 August 1937, Page 11
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