LIKE A STONE.
HOW MacLAREX CRASHED. THRILLING ESCAPELONDON, May 27. 'fOar machine dropped into the sea like a stone," declares Squadron-Lead-er MacLaren in a despatch describing how Ids aeroplane crashed at A'kvao. He says that the accident was due to the machine being waterlogged by torrential rains, alter contraction caused by the continual exposure to extreme conditions in the Suul Desert. "We took off from the aorodromc at Akyab, and with difficulty cleared the tops of trees. The engine was running finely, hut over the sea we found the machine dropping. We- were, flying ing at To miles an hour, so throttled down when 50 feet up; hut tho machine dropped like a stone, the bottom was smashed, and water poured in."!
MacLaren just had time to get on to the rail before the nose was com pletely submerged. He was able to save only a despatch ease. A rowing boat came to the rescue, but the machine, although almost completely submerged, continued to float until it was beached in six feet of water. At low tide it became dry. The engine was not damaged, but all the instruments, cameras, etc., except it compass, were completely ruined.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIV, Issue 1038, 10 June 1924, Page 9
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