LOST IN ARCTIC
RUSSIAN FLIERS' FATE ESKIMOS REPORT CRASH (Received April 27, 5.5 p.m.) WASHINGTON, April 26 The State Department has been informed from Point Barrow, Alaska, that Eskimos report having seen a huge aeroplane sink through an ice-field into the water in the Oliktuk region in the middle of August. A week later a white trader noticed oil on the surface of the water, indicating that the Russian fliers, who were on their way to the United States from Moscow at that time, had perished.
The third attempt by Russian airmen to fly to the United States over the North Pole was begun on August 12, 1937. The piiot Levanevsky, -with five companions, left Moscow on that date in a four-engined amphibian aeroplane. They were due to arrive at Fairbanks, Alaska, on August 14, but failed to do so, causing anxiety as to their fate. Since that date no news has been received as to what happened to the six fliers, although signals picked up in Alaska indicated that they were in difficulties.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH19380428.2.83
Bibliographic details
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23023, 28 April 1938, Page 13
Word Count
174LOST IN ARCTIC New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23023, 28 April 1938, Page 13
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the New Zealand Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence . This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Auckland Libraries and NZME.
Log in