CRASH IN LANDING

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21938, 23 October 1934, Page 9

CRASH IN LANDING

SECOND DUTCH MACHINE FORTNIGHT FOR REPAIRS DEFECT IN UNDERCARRIAGE NONE OF CREW INJURED By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright ALLAHABAD, Oct. 21 Messrs. D. L. Astes and G. J. Geysendorfer, Dutch competitors in the air race, reached Allahabad to-day but crashed on landing. Neither the pilots nor the third member of the crew, Mr. Prone, was injured. The Pander aeroplane was damaged and repairs will take a fortnight. The undercarriage was completely broken and the left propeller was bent. The airman will not scratch from the race officially until to-morrow, but they consider that this course will be inevitable. The cause of the crash was that the retractable undercarriage failed to open, and in consequence the machine landed flat. In the course of an interview, Mr. Geysendorfer said: "I realised that something was wrong when I attempted to lower the undercarriage, which 1 then saw had only partially opened on one side and not at all on the other. I tried to land on one wheel, but the task in darkness and at high speed was practically impossible." Mr. K. D. Parmentier, the otheir Dutch competitor, did not witness the accident to Mr. Geysendorfer as he had left 20 minutes before the occurrence. He intends to land at every important aerodrome cn route to Singapore. ENFORCED DETOUR JONES AND WALLER TEMPEST OVER BLACK SEA (Received October 22, 7.5 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 22 A message from Bagdad states that Lieutenant Cathcart-Jones and Mr. J. Waller made an enforced detour owing to a Black Sea tempest blowing them from their course and compelling them to fly over unknown country in the dark. The fliers left Bagdad and arrived at Allahabad this afternoon. HANDICAP OF DUST COMPLAINT AT KIRKUK SCOTT'S FAST TIME LONDON, Oct. 21 None of the fast machines risked a direct course over the mountains between Bagdad and India. Even Mr. Soott entered India south of the NorthWest Frontier. "It is very dusty here," he complained on arrival at Kirkuk. "It is no wonder," replied members of the Royal Air Force stationed there. The Mollisons had just left. Mr. Scott confessed that he did not like that dust. His Aero Club admirers in England cabled enthusiastic congratulations. _ After leaving Mildenhall Mr. Scott covered 7000 miles, equalling the distance from London to New York and back, in 39 hours 56 minutes, including refuelling—two days less than Mr. IHm's record.