OTAGO MYSTERY
REPORTED. AIR' CRASH SEARCH IN MOUNTAINS [BY TELEGRAPH —PRESS ASSOCIATION] INVERCARGILL, Thursday Mystery still surrounds the reported crash of an aeroplane in mountainous country near Skippers, 20 miles from Queenstown, yesterday morning. Official inquiries have been made from aerodromes all over the Dominion, but all machines can be accounted for. Further, it is considered unlikely that a pilot would undertake a llight over such high and dangerous country in the stormy conditions prevailing during the past few days. Nevertheless, opinion near where the aeroplane is stated to have been seen appears to be that a crash actually did occur, although the possibility of an optical illusion produced by clouds has been suggested. The Invercargill police communicated with tlio postmaster at Gully this morning and he stated that he was satisfied that an aeroplane had actually been seen and he proposed assisting in a search this afternoon. A report from Queenstown this evening stated that the search party had returned but found no trace of an aeroplane. The search was hampered by heavy falls of snow and will he continued to-morrow.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21803, 18 May 1934, Page 11
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182OTAGO MYSTERY New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21803, 18 May 1934, Page 11
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