Fliers Turn Back

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1078, 16 September 1930, Page 9

Fliers Turn Back

LANDED SAFELY IN JAPAN

Lost in Fog Over Sea

SHIPPING WATCHES THROUGHOUT DAY THE two fliers, Lieutenant Harold Bromley and Harold (tatty, who were yesterday reported lost in fog- over the North Pacific Ocean while on a Japan-TT.S.A. flight, have returned and landed safely on Japanese soil. Shipping and coastguards had kept a close watch throughout the day for the missing airmen.

United I*.A.—By Telegraph—Copyright TOKYO, Monday. Lieutenant Harold Bromley and Mr. Harold Gatty, who started at 5.10 a.m. yesterday on their attempted flight to America, returned at dawn today. The airmen landed on a suitable beach near Shiraya lighthouse, 40

miles north of Shamushiro, in the same prefecture from which they had started. Captain Bromley said they had returned owing to fog and bad weather, which made a continuation of the flight extremely hazardous. Fears for the safety of the fliers

were aroused at .San Francisco when they had not been heard from at noon yesterday, and these increased as the day wore on without news.

Wireless operators in ships listened j intently for signals and coastguard cutters were kept in readiness Awaiting word to rush to the aid of the airmen if necessary. In the coastguard radio stations a 24-hour watch was kept. Government o'" rials were ordered by Washington to render all possible assistance. At Tacoma, Washington. Captain Bromley’s family had gathered to greet him. They expressed confidence in his safety. His wife was cheerful, but excited. She said she did not think she would sleep much, i She was not worried as she knew her i husband could fly. Captain Bromley’s mother said she j was not very worried. She had | wanted to go with him but he would \ not take her. % INTENDS TO GO ON CUNNINGHAM FORCED DOWN SINGAPORE. Monday. The repairs to A. T. Cunningham’s airplane, which was damaged in a forced landing here yesterday, will occupy a fortnight, after which Mr. Cun-1 ningham will continue his flight to i England. FLIERS DELAYED ATLANTIC HOP ATTEMPT MONTREAL, Sunday. A m.essage from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, states that Captain E. J. Boyd and Lieutenant H. Connor were today prevented by unfavourable weather from continuing their flight to Harbour Grace, Newfoundland, and thence to England.