ENGINE GIVES TROUBLE

Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 135, 5 December 1930, Page 10

ENGINE GIVES TROUBLE

DESCENT IN MOONLIGHT

United Tress Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Beceived sth December, 1 p.m.) ROME, 4th December. Miss Spooner came down two miles from the shore. The occupants of the machine shouted for assistance for two hours, and then Miss Spooner swam ashore. Miss Spooner was traversing the Tyrrhenean Sea by moonlight when engine trouble caused the descent. Luckily the aeroplane floated.. The pair sent up flares for two hours, and also constantly shouted, but they were unsuccessful in making themselves heard. Then Miss Spooner, who is an excellent swimmer, resolved to attempt to swim ashore, which she estimated to be two miles distant. The sea was choppy and the current strong. v When she landed two hours later she was suffering considerably from cold and exhaustion, and was unable to find anyone. She managed to stumble on a railway station at Belmonte, where she was given first aid. The station staff aroused some fishermen, who set off to the rescue. They were guided to the aeroplane by the few remaining flares left in the possession of Flying Officer Edwards. Dawn was just breaking when Flying Officer Edwards was taken off and the 'plane taken in tow. ' Miss Spooner was slightly injured on the nose and lips, and Flying Officer Edwards on the forehead. They are at present guests of the Mayor of Belmonte.