LONG SEARCH STARTS
MISSING AEROPLANE CRASH ON EG MONT LARGE PARTIES ENGAGED (Per Proas Association.) NEJW PLYMOUTH,"this day. ■ An extensive. search for the missing plane in the mountain bush began at daylight this morning, when eight fullyequipped Alpine Club members and bushmen, and two planes, commenced a 'search of the. area where the plane, is believed to have crashed. The locality is known to contain some of the densest bush on Mt. Egmont’s slopes, and the task of the searchers will be an arduous one. Sixty searcners. gathered at New Plymouth at 3 o’clock this morning, fully equipped with food and medical supplies. They included two- doctors. They were taken bv cars to the edge of the bush, and, as dawn broke, began the strenuous tramp towards the camp of the trappers who heard the plane crash. Meanwhile, the party had been joined by settlers and bushmen who acted as guides. The camp was reached at 6 o’clock, and after a base had been made an intensive search of the bush began, it being decided not to split into small parties, but to patrol closely the area believed to contain the plane. Meanwhile, planes piloted by FlyingOfficer Keith, and Captain Gibbous
reached the reserve by dawn and beg in an air search. At first, the visibility was good, but after the first hour, clouds settled down and low flying was necessary. Some daring flying was seen as the' planes flew' low, investigating every gully and gorge. They made west to east flights over a large area, thoroughly examining the bush. A system of signals by shots and smoke bombs has been arranged between the searchers in the bush headquarters, at Kaimiro, the nearest settlement outside the bush, and with the planes. An ambulance was also ready for any emergency at Kaimiro. The first two hours search was resultless. and the parties have settled down to an arduous task.
Unless the wrecked plane is observed from the air, it is expected that the search will prove very long and difficult.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18502, 14 September 1934, Page 6
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