AERIAL ACCIDENT.
DRAMATIC EPIC. HAWAIIAN MACHINES LOST. HONOLULU, May 16. A dramatic epic of the air and sea was recounted to-day when an interIsland steamer arrived with the survivors of a sensational aerial accident which occurred during military, naval and air manoeuvres, resulting in the drowning of a non-commissioned officer and the loss of four aeroplanes. Forty-six machines participated in the exercises. While flying between the islands of Oahu. Maui and Hawaii, an Air Corps sergeant and three other members of the crew attempted to leave a disabled bomber when 4000 feet in the air, but the shrouds of the former’s parachute became entangled in the ’plane’s rigging, taking him with it to the bottom of the sea. A convoy of aeroplanes settled on the huge seae that were running in efforts to save the survivors. Rescue vessels picked up the occupants of the convoy machines, which, after rescuing ihe crew of the bomber, drifted helplessly for many hours.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 144, 17 May 1930, Page 9
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159AERIAL ACCIDENT. Manawatu Standard, Volume L, Issue 144, 17 May 1930, Page 9
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