SEAPLANE OVERDUE
FLIGHT FROM'ANTARCTIC WASHINGTON, Jan. 3. The Navy Department has announced that a seaplane carrying eight persons is overdue on an exploratory flight from the Antarctic. The seaplane which belongs to the Antarctic Expedition took off at 10.45 a.m. on December 30 and was expected to return 10 hours later. It had fuel for an additional 11 hours. It is thought that the seaplane may have landed in open water. Bad w-ather is hindering the search.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26352, 6 January 1947, Page 5
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