AVIATOR'S ORDEAL
PLANE STRUCK IN MIST PORTION DISAPPEARS (United Press Association) (By Electric I'elegrauh—Copyright) LONDON, Oct. 5. (Received Oct. 5, at 11.30 p.m.) "Port wheel burst. Clear the aerodrome for arrival at 3.45 p.m." was a sensational wireles: message received at Renfrew airport from Captain Elgey, who was flying a 10seater passenger plane from Belfast to Glasgow with two other employees. The plane was 4000 ft up over the Irish Sea, flying in a dense mist, when there was a violent bump and an explosion. Captain Elgey said he did not know what happened. He just waited for the plane to fall to pieces in the sea, but when he flew from the mist he looked out and saw that the' greater part of the undercarriage and wheel had disappeared. Apparently the pi .ie had been hit by an aeroplane climbing in the haze. Captain Elgey miraculously landed the heavy plane on the remaining wiieel without mishap, swinging the machine round as it touched the ground. He alighted in a semiconscious condition as the result of the ordeal. What hit the plane is still a mystery as no plane has been reported missing.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 23004, 6 October 1936, Page 9
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