AIRPLANE CRASHES.
LIEUTENANT ULM’S INJURIES. MELBOURNE, Feb. 23. The victims of the Laverton aeroplane crash—Flight-Lieutenant 0. P. Ulm and Mr J. Kerr—are Still in a critical condition. Lieutenant Ulnt, who was Air-Com-modore Kingsford Smith’s companion on his trans-Pacific flight, has recovered consciousness. It is feared that he has received internal spinal injuries. His condition is low. The airmen were injured when their aeroplane crashed into electric power transmitting- lines at Laverton. Both received concussion and bums, but were saved from electrocution by automatio devices at each end of the lines, which immediately cut off the power at the impact. : FLIGHT TO AUSTRALIA. AIRMEN’S EXPERIENCE IN ITALY. Received February 24, 9.0 a.m. ROME, Feb. 23. Snow three feet deep broke the force of the crash and probably saved the lives of Flight-Lieutenant L. Hamilton and Flying-Officer R. K. Coupland, who were endeavouring to break the England-Australia-England flying record. The airmen sat on what remained of a cabin and awaited the dawn. Then they saw a house in the distance. They struggled across the snow, and a farmer came to their rescue.
The aviators were found in the Apula district of Southern Italy. Both are now in hospital.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LII, Issue 72, 24 February 1932, Page 7
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