FLYING-BOAT DAMAGED
MISHAP AT BATAVIA [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT,] (Recd. March 13, 11.30 a.m.). BATAVIA. March 12. The flying-boat Capella. when approaching the mooring buoy, struck a submerged object. The plane was holed, and began leaking badly. The passengers and baggage were removed in a boat, and the Capella was beached, partly submerged. The mails and passengers are continuing the journey to Europe on the normal schedule. A relief machine was flown from Singapore, makingnight landings at Singapore and Penang, to catch up time.
GERMAN PLANE CRASHES. MILAN, March 12. A German aeroplane en route from Tripoli to Stetting, crashed near Ferrar because of the formation of ice on the wings. Four officers and one civilian were killed. Two officers parachuted to safety.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 13 March 1939, Page 7
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