FORCED LANDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21533, 3 July 1933, Page 9

FORCED LANDING

ULM ANI) COMPANIONS DELAYED IN PERSIA REPAIRS TO MONOPLANE FLIGHT TO ENGLAND By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright (.Received July 2. 5.5 p.m.) BAGDAD. July 1 Tt is believed now that the aeroplane sighted from Basra yesterday was not tho Faith in Australia, in which Mr. C. T. P. Ulm and his companions aro flying to England. The airmen aro reported to be still in tho Persian Gulf where they were forced to land on Thursday. It is stated that Mr. Ulm hopes to resume the flight to-morrow. It is believed he and his companions are repairing tho monoplane. An earlier message said tho forced landing was made at .Task, Persia. FLIGHT TO AMERICA ITALIAN SQUADRON 26 MACHINES DEPART (Received July 2. G. 35 p.m.) ROME, July 1 General Balbo's squadron of 26 aeroplanes loft Lake Orbetello, Tuscany, today for America, via Britain and Greenland. CRASH IN INDIA TWO AIRMEN KILLED DESTRUCTION OF MACHINE (Received July 2, fi.s p.m.) CALCUTTA, July 1 Pilot-Officer Furze and Aircraftsman Lusty were killed when a Wapiti machine of Die Boyal Air I'orce crashed on the Ambala Bacecourse. Tho machine burst into flames and was entirely destroyed. MISSING AIRMAN RESCUE PARTY FORMED SEARCH IN ALASKA NEW YORK, June 30 An expedition to rescue Mr. James Mattern, the American rpund-tlie-world flier, who is missing, took off from the Floyd Bennett field this morning for Alaska. Chief Pilot William Alexander was in command. He said that on reaching Nome ho and his three companions would divide the map into squares and search systematically. The rescue machine is the one used by Messrs. Pangborn and Herndon in their flight round the world.

Mr. Mattern left New York on Juno 3, and made a recoiyl crossing of tho Atlantic when he landed in Norway on Sunday, June 4. From there he flew to Moscow, and by stages across Siberia to Khaborovsk (Siberia). On June 8 he was overcome by fumes and forced to land. Tho airman left Khaborovsk for Alaska on June 13, and has not been reported since. The Russian Government was reported to be co-operating with tho American Government in organising a search for the lost flier, who was believed to have made a forced landing on ono of the Aleutian Islands. ANOTHER LONG FLIGHT VETERAN PILOT'S VENTURE (Received July 2, 5.5 p.m.) PERTH, July 2 Mr. James Woods, veteran Western Australian Airways pilot, expects to leave to-day on a flight to England.