MISSING AIRMEN
BORCES'S 'PLANE FOUND
BURIED IN AFRICAN SAND
{United Press Association,—Copyright.) ' PABIS, sth March. Major Borges's wrecked 'plane has been discovered on the beach near Oapo Juby, in the extremo south of Morocco. The fuselage was buried in sand, and the engine was a hundred yards distant. It is surmised that the airmen descended into the sea as the result of a defect, and when they endeavoured to land crashed. The fate of tho crew is unknown.
Major Larra Borgcs, an Uruguayan aviator, left Pisa about a fortnight ago to fly to South America along the route taken by de Pinedo. He had several companions with him.
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 55, 7 March 1927, Page 11
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