BULLET JUST MISSED PILOT
HIMALAYAN FLIGHT DRAMA (Received 10.30 a.m.) CALCUTTA, January 17. After a three months’ adventurous journey across Central Asia by lorry, Sir Eric Teichman, secretary to the British Legation at Peking, had a narrow escape from disaster when flying from Gilgit, in Kashmir, to Rawalpindi. After crossing the Himalayas at a height of 15,000 feet in intense cold, the plane was flying over tribal territory when it was shot at, a bullet passing through a window near the pilot’s head. No one was injured. This is the first occasion on which a civil plane has flown from Gilgit. The occupants had a striking view of the unconquered peak of Nanga Parbat.
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Northern Advocate, 18 January 1936, Page 5
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