TRAGIC DETAILS
OF BLANK DISASTER
(United Press Association— By Electric Telegraph—Copyright).
LONDON, January 11
Tragic details of the -abrupt termination of the Rumanian flight to Australia is related by an oil company officer who was interviewed at Frirnu. He said Drauitrcscu was piloting the plane from Adelina, to Palis for engine overhaul; prior to his departure fo l ' Australia. I mas sitting of the back seat controls, and when over the Rhine, we struck a heavy cloud of fog about a thousand feet up, suddenly nea r Buhl in IP den. Through the mist loomed up a large obstacle, aPPai'enly a mountain. Uurnitrescu nosed the machine upwards, but the angle wo* t° f > great and the plane went into a tail spin. 1 attempted to regain control, but. was unsuccess!ul, so 1 jumped out and landed with a parachute. Diwnitrescu "fashed to his death.
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 January 1935, Page 5
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