ANOTHER MISHAP
MISS BATTEN INJURED CRASH NEAR KARACHI SAND PENETRATES ENGINE lElec. Tol. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Received April 18, 10 a.m.) CALCUTTA, April 10. 111-luck dogs Miss Jean Batten, wlio was slightly injured in a forced landing three miles from the R.A.F. aerodrome at Karachi. -Miss Batten, after fitting a new propeller at the scene of the recent ruisnap, started for Karachi, but engine trouble developed and she crashed on a ledge, badly damaging her plane. Miss Batten was showing some signs of 'physical exhaustion and anxiety. Miss Batten is still at Karachi. Her machine is under repair. Miss Batten suffered severe shock, necessitating medical aid, when her piano somersaulted and crashed Tlie reason why the machine cculd not bo discovered from the air was because friendly Baluchi tribesmen of Las Bela, fearing that the machine would be damaged by the raging sandstorms, protected it with camel-cloths, completely camouflaging it, but they neglected to cover the engine, into which sand penetrated, causing a misfire and stoppage aftex- her departure for Karachi. STILL UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR LANCASTER LONDON, April 16. French military .aeroplanes have commenced an intensive search for Captain Lancaster. This news stopped 'Mrs Keith Miller from completing plans for an organised search Dor Captain Lancaster, who was carrying sufficient food and water for 10 days. FEARS FOR ROBBIANO MAY HAVE CRASHED AT SEA CALCUTTA, April 16. There is great anxiety concerning Captain Robbiano. He left Calcutta at 10.16 o'clock on Friday night for Victoria Point and has not arrived either at Akyab or at Victoria Point, which are unaware of his whereabouts. It is feared that he has met with an accident. There were extremely heavy storms during the week-end in the Bay of Bengal and over Burma. It is believed he fell in the Bay of Bengal. WRECKAGE DISCOVERED (Received April 18, noon.) CALCUTTA, April 17.
Tito wreckage of an aeroplane floating) near Chittagong is believed to bo from Robbiamo’s machine.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18066, 18 April 1933, Page 5
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