MISHAP TO SEAPLANE.
DISASTER NEARLY RESULTS. LANDING MADE IN FOG. A. and N.Z. LONDON, Oct. 6.' Definite details were received from Lisbon to-day regarding the mishap to the German seaplane which was forced to descend near Torres Vedras, on the Portuguese coast. The machine, piloted by Fritz Loose, is attempting a flight from Germany to America, via the Azores. Engine trouble developed 35 miles north of Lisbon, and in endeavouring to make a landing the airmen had a narrow escape from disaster. A thick fog hung over the coast, and the pilot was compelled to hover over the beaoh for half an hour. During that time the other occupants of the seaplane dropped Verc lights. These flares attracted the attention of fishermen, who shouted a warning against landing on the rocks. The pilot changed his direction and landed on the sea a short distance from the rocks. Fishing smacks towed the seaplane out to sea away from the rocks. The crew were not injured. The machine, it is dirclosed, carries a passenger, Frau Dillenz, an Austrian actress.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 11
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177MISHAP TO SEAPLANE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19762, 8 October 1927, Page 11
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