CRASHED IN CHANNEL
MISSING AIR LINER SIX LIVES APPARENTLY LOST Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, May 9. (Received, May 10, at 1.20 p.m.) The Air France liner crashed in the Channel. It is feared that the three passengers and the three members of the crew were drowned. A sister liner from Croydon, after a - search of four hours, discovered the wreckage twelve miles south-east of Dungeness. There was no trace of survivors. The pilot sent out an S.O.S. at 12.22, three minutes alter obtaining his position, after which all was silent. Several aeroplanes and many boats participated in the search. It is believed that the only Englishman on board was the steward (Murphy), who was married, with two young children. It was pilot Genet’s first flight in this type of machine, one of whose three 350 horse-power engines should have been able to maintain the flight in the event of the disablement of the others.
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Evening Star, Issue 21716, 10 May 1934, Page 12
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155CRASHED IN CHANNEL Evening Star, Issue 21716, 10 May 1934, Page 12
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