WOULD FLYERS WRECKED.
PICKED in? AT SEA. THREE DAYS WITHOUT FOOD. MACHINE ABANDONED. rK Bv Teleffranh—Press Association— CopyrightA. and N.Z. CALCUTTA, An*. 35- , Captain McMillan and Mr. Malins,- who left Calcutta for Akyab, in Burma, on Angus* 19, but were obliged! to make a forced landing on the coast of the Bay of Bengal, met with further misfortun* on attempting tc continue their flight, and were forced to descend into the sea. They have cabled from Chittagong, on the east coast of the Bay of Bengal, stating that they were picked up at sea off Sandwip Island, on Thursday evening, after spending three days and two nights on the floats o! their overturned machine, riding the heavy seas without food or water. The machine was abandoned a total wreck. Both men are in tho hospital suffering,from esposure. Tho message concludes: " Full details later. Cheerio."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 18180, 28 August 1922, Page 7
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