DRAMA IN THE AIR
GRIM FIGHT IN AEROPLANE (Onited Press Association—By Electric 'holograph—Copyright) BOSTON, 21st May. A husky 2001 b pilot saved a young woman from suicide to-day in a grim fight witfiin the cockpit of an aeroplane at an altitude of 10,000 feet. Tlie woman chartered the plane with the apparent intention of destroying herself. As she started to jump, the pilot grabbed her by tlie hair and after a strenuous tussle, he managed to operate tlie controls with one hand and make a perfect landing. The police were unable to identify, the would-be suicide who was removed to hospital.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXX, 23 May 1936, Page 7
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